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Case 2:07-cv-00660-J*A-EFB Document 50 Filed 087 /2008 Page 1 of 5 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 <br /> 3oC�555 6 <br /> 4 �R SLFsi:UI�Za.Bo <br /> 5 <br /> 6 <br /> 7 <br /> 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT <br /> 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA <br /> 10 RAYMOND COLDANI, <br /> 1 I Plaintiff, No. CIV S-07-0660 JAM EFB <br /> VS. <br /> 12 <br /> 13 JACK HAMM and PATRICIA HAMM, ORDER <br /> IMA <br /> individually and doing business as L <br /> 14 RANCH/DAIRY, <br /> 15 Defendants. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 This action was before the undersigned on August 13, 2008, for hearing on defendants' <br /> 18 motion for a protective order, and plaintiff s motion to compel responses to interrogatories and a <br /> 19 Rule 34 inspection of defendants' land. Stephen Ardis appeared as plaintiff s counsel, and <br /> 20 Jennifer Scott and Stephen Siptroth appeared as defense counsel. For the reasons that follow, <br /> 21 plaintiff's motions are granted, and defendants' motion is denied. <br /> 22 In brief, this action concerns plaintiff s claims for violations of section 301(a) of the <br /> 23 Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1311(a), in connection with defendants' farming and dairy <br /> 24 operations at the Lima Ranch. Plaintiff owns land adjacent to the Lima Ranch, and alleges that <br /> 25 nitrates discharged from ranch operations have contaminated the groundwater and otherwise <br /> 26 constitute a public nuisance. <br /> 1 <br />