Free Order on Ex Parte Application - District Court of California - California

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1 GREGORY G. KATSAS Acting Assistant Attorney General 2 R. MICHAEL UNDERHILL Attorney in Charge, West Coast Office 3 Torts Branch, Civil Division CHAD KAUFFMAN 4 Trial Attorney Torts Branch, Civil Division 5 U.S. Department of Justice 7-5395 Federal Bldg., Box 36028 6 450 Golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, California 94102-3463 7 Telephone: (415) 436-6648 [email protected] 8 RONALD J. TENPAS 9 Assistant Attorney General Environment and Natural Resources Division 10 United States Department of Justice Washington D.C. 20530 11 BRADLEY R. O'BRIEN Environmental Enforcement Section 12 United States Department of Justice 301 Howard Street, Suite 1050 13 San Francisco, California 94105 Telephone: (415) 744-6484; Facsimile: (415) 744-6476 14 brad.o'brien(~,usdqj, gov 15 Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of America 16 17

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

18 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 19 20 Plaintiff,
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21 vl/V COSCO BUSAN, LR/IMO Ship No. ) )231743, her engines, apparel, electronics, tackle, ) (PROPOSED) 22 ORDER REQUIRING APPEARANCE OF ~oats, appurtenances, etc., in rem, REGAL STONE) LIMITED, FLEET MANAGEMENT LTD., and ) COSCO BUSAN CREW MEMBERS 23 JOHN COTA, in personam, ) SHUN BIAO ZHAO, KONG XIANG HU, ) LIANG XIAN ZHENG & THEIR 24 Defendants. ) COUNSEL AT CASE MANAGEMENT ) CONFERENCE ON MAY 9, 2008, 10:00 25

) Civil No. C-07-6045 SC ) (AND RELATED CASES: ) C-07-5800 SC; C-07-5926 SC; ) C-08-2052 SC) ) ) IN ADMIRALTY

A.M., COURTROOM 1.17TH FLOOR

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WHEREFORE, a discovery dispute presently existing regarding the taking of depositions in

2 this matter, and counsel having been unsuccessful in their good faith attempts to resolve the matter 3 without the assistance of the Court, 4

IT IS ORDERED that COSCO BUSAN crewmembers Shun Bia Zhao, Kong Xiang Hu,

5 Liang Xian Zheng (the "Witnesses"), and their counsel, Jonathan Howden, of Thelen Reid Brown 6 Raysman & Steiner LLP, appear before the Court at the Case Management Conference to be held 7 by the Court on Friday, May 9, 2008, at 10:00 a.m., Courtroom 1, 17th Floor, 450 Golden Gate Ave., 8 San Francisco, California, at which time the Court shall hear any argument of the parties, the said 9 Witnesses, or the said Witness' counsel, as to whether, when, and under what conditions civil 10 :tepositions of the Witnesses may proceed; it is further 11

ORDERED that if counsel for the Witnesses represents to the Court at the foregoing Case

12 Management Conference and discovery hearing that he has the express authority of his clients 13 whereby his clients agree to be bound by any Orders of the Court concerning the civil depositions, 14 ttendance in Court of any of the Witnesses who so agree to be bound shall be excused; and it is 15

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ORDERED that counsel for the United States immediately shall cause this Order to be served by facsimile and by mail on counsel for the parties and counsel for the Witnesses; and it is further ORDERED that upon the receipt of this Order by counsel for the Witnesses, said counsel for Ihe Witnesses immediately shall cause the Order to be provided to his clients. IT IS SO ORDERED.

May 7, 2008

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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1 PRESENTED BY: 2 GREGORY G. KATSAS 3 4 /s/R. Michael Underhill R. MICHAEL UNDERHILL 5 Attorney in Charge, West Coast Office Torts Branch, Civil Division 6 CHAD KAUFFMAN Trial Attorney 7 Torts Branch, Civil Division U.S. Department of Justice 8 RONALD J. TENPAS 9 Assistant Attorney General Environment and Natural Resources Division 10 United States Department of Justice BRADLEY R. O'BRIEN 11 Environmental Enforcement Section United States Department of Justice 12 13 Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of America 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 EX PARTE REQUEST FOR ORDER REQUIRING ATTENDANCE IN COURT - C07-6045 SC

Acting Assistant Attorney General

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on May 7, 2008, I served a copy of the foregoing Order Requiring

3 Appearance and Certificate of Service by first-class mail and fax, postage prepaid, to: 4 John Giffin 5 Keesal, Young & Logan 4 Embarcadero Ctr # 1500 6 San Francisco, CA 94111 FAX: 415-981-0136

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Audet and Partners LLP (C-07-5800 SC) William Audet 221 Main St., Ste. 1460 San Francisco, CA 94105 FAX: 415-568-2556 Attorneys for Plaintiffs in C-07-5800 SC Bimberg & Associates (C-07-5926 SC) Cory Birnberg 703 Market St., Ste. 600 San Francisco, CA 94103-2114 FAX: 415-398-2001 Attorneys for Plaintiffs in C-07-5926 SC
Brian Getz Law Office Brian H Getz 44 Montgomery St Ste 3850 San Francisco, CA 94104-4823 FAX: 415-438-2655 Tel: 415-912-5886

Counsel for Regal Stone, Fleet Management, 8 and COSCO BUSAN, in rem 9 Walter G. Coppenrath, Jr. George Jones 10 Coppenrath & Associates 400 Oceangate, Suite 400 11 Long Beach, CA 90802 Telephone: 562-216-2948 12 FAX: 562-252-1136 13 Counsel for John Cota 14 Jonathan Howden -15 Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP 101 2nd St Ste 1800 San Francisco, CA 94105 16 FAX: 415-369-8683 17 TEL: 415-369-7157 18 Counsel for Shun Biao Zhao, Kong Xiang Hu, Liang Xian Zheng, and Zong Bin Li 19 Doug Schwartz 20 Schwartz & Cera LLP 44 Montgomery St #3850 21 San Francisco, CA 94104-4823 FAX: 415-438-2655 22 TEL: 912-5886 23 Counsel for Mao Cai Sun 24 25 26 27 28

Counsel for Hong Zhi Wang Kevin Kin-Man Jo & Samuel Harold Ruby Bulllivant Houser Bailey, PC 607 California Street 18th Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 FAX: 415-352-2701 Attorneys for Plaintiff in C-08-2052 SC

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