Me-Wuk Indian Community of the Wilton Rancheria et al v. Kempthorne et al, No. 5:2007cv05706 - Document 24 (N.D. Cal. 2008)

Court Description: ORDER GRANTING re 23 Substitution of Counsel filed by Me-Wuk Indian Community of the Wilton Rancheria. Signed by Judge Jeremy Fogel on 9/2/08. (dlm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/5/2008)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ROBERT A. ROSETTE (SBN 224437) LITTLE FAWN BOLAND (SBN 240181) ROSETTE & ASSOCIATES, PC c/o Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP 525 Market Street, 25th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105-2708 Telephone: (480) 889-8990 Facsimile: (480) 889-8997 rosette@rosettelaw.com lfboland@rosettelaw.com Attorneys for Plaintiff: ME-WUK INDIAN COMMUNITY OF THE WILTON RANCHERIA 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 11 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 SAN JOSE DIVISION 13 14 ME-WUK INDIAN COMMUNITY OF THE WILTON RANCHERIA, 15 16 17 18 Plaintiff, v. CASE NO. C 07-05706 (JF) PLAINTIFF’S NOTICE OF CHANGE IN COUNSEL; [PROPOSED] ------------------ ORDER DIRK A. KEMPTHORNE, et al. Defendants. 19 20 Plaintiff, ME-WUK INDIAN COMMUNITY OF THE WILTON RANCHERIA (“Tribe”), hereby 21 files notice that attorneys Joseph Kitto of Kitto Law Firm, LCC and Travis Trueblood of Trueblood 22 Law Group, PA are no longer the Tribe’s legal representatives. The Tribe requests this Court to 23 withdraw Mr. Kitto and Mr. Trueblood from this action, and proposes to substitute attorneys Robert 24 Rosette and Little Fawn Boland of the law firm Rosette & Associates, PC as attorneys of record. The 25 26 undersigned certifies this change in counsel is approved by Resolution of the Tribe’s Business 27 28 29 30 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ PLAINTIFF’S NOTICE OF CHANGE IN COUNSEL; [PROPOSED] ORDER - 1 - 1 Council, and supported by the sworn Declaration of Henry Sangmaster, Chairman of the Me-Wuk 2 Indian Community of the Wilton Rancheria filed herewith. 3 Accordingly, the Tribe requests all pleadings, motion, correspondence, discovery material and 4 all other papers to be sent to the following: 5 Robert A. Rosette and Little Fawn Boland c/o Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP 525 Market Street, 25th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105-2708 Telephone: (480) 889-8990 Facsimile: (480) 889-8997 rosette@rosettelaw.com lfboland@rosettelaw.com 6 7 8 9 10 11 Respectfully submitted this 29th day of August, 2008. 12 By: /s/ Robert A. Rosette Attorney for Plaintiff 13 14 Robert A. Rosette (SBN 224437) Little Fawn Boland (SBN 240181) Rosette & Associates, PC c/o Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP 525 Market Street, 25th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105-2708 Telephone: (480) 889-8990 Facsimile: (480) 889-8997 rosette@rosettelaw.com lfboland@rosettelaw.com 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 [PROPOSED] ORDER 22 23 IT IS SO ORDERED. 24 25 26 9/2/08 Dated:____________ ______________________ U.S. District Court Judge 27 28 29 30 ______________________________________________________________________________________________ PLAINTIFF’S NOTICE OF CHANGE IN COUNSEL; [PROPOSED] ORDER - 2 - ROBERTA. ROSETTE(SBN 224437) LTTTLEFAWN BOLAND(SBN240181) ROSETTE& ASSOCTATES, PC clo Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal,LLP 525MarketStreet,25thFloor SanFrancisco, CA 94105-27A8 (480)889-8990 Telephone: Facsimile:(480)889-8997 rosette@rosettelaw. com Ifboland@rosette Iaw.com Attorneysfor Plaintiff: ME.WUK INDIAN COMMIJNITY OF THE WILTON RANCHERIA IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FORTHE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORI\IA SAN JOSE DIVISION ME-WTJK INDIAN COMMI.]NITY OF THE WILTON RANCHERIA, Plaintiff. V. DIRK A. KEMPTHORNE, et el. (JF) CASENO. C 07-05706 DECLARATION OF CHAIRMAN HENRY SANGMASTERIN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFOSNOTICE OF CHANGE IN COUNSEL Defendants. DECLARATION OF HENRY SAI\IGMASTER I, Henry Sangmaster, swearanddeclareasfollows: 1. I am the duly electedChairmanof the BusinessCouncil("Councilo')of the Me-Wuk Indian Communityof the Wilton Rancheria("Tribe"), andthis declarationis basedupon my personalknowledgeand is madein my capacrtyas Chairmanof the Tribe. 2. The Council hasauthorityandresponsibilityto conductbusinesson behalf of the Tribe, andmay retain and substifutelegal counselpursuantto that authority. 3. On or aboutAugust19,2008,the Councilmet at a duly noticedmeetingwith a orronrm of memhers nresent- and considered Resolrrfion No. 81908 "RESOLIITTON Exhibit "A." The Council unanimouslyadoptedthe Resolutionby a vote of 9 in favor, Qagainst 4. and0 aplstaining,as signedand certified by myself asTribal Chairmanand Muriel Sangmaster. Councihnember The Resolutionterminatedthe representationof JosephKitto and Travis 5. Truebl$od,andretainedthe law firm Rosette& Associates,PC to representthe Tribe in the matterof Me-Wuk Indian Communiqyof the Wilton Rancheriav. Dirk Kempthorne. et al. (t$e"Case"). I reviewedthe'Notice of Changein Counsel;[Proposed]Order"requestingthe 6. U.S. District Court for the NorthernDistrict of California to withdraw attorneysJoeKitto and Tr{Vis Truebloodand substituteattorneysRobertRosetteandLittle FawnBolandof the law firm Rosette& Associates,PC asattorneysof record,and affrrm the Tribe support]s the changein counsel. I SWEARTHE FOREGOINGIS TRUE AND CORRECTTO THE BESTOF MY KNOWLEDGE UNDER PENALTY OF THE PERruRY LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. I Datedtftr nday of August,2008. angmasteb€fiairman Me-Wuk Indian Community of the Wilton Indian Rancheria 1 Certificate of Service 2 I hereby certify that on August 29, 2008, I electronically filed the following with the Clerk of the Court using the ECF system: 3 4 PLAINTIFF’S NOTICE OF CHANGE IN COUNSEL; [PROPOSED] ORDER DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S CHANGE IN COUNSEL 5 6 7 Notice of this filing will be sent by operation of the Court’s electronic filing system to all parties indicated on the electronic filing receipt. /s/ Robert A. Rosette 8 9 COPY of the foregoing mailed*/ electronically delivered ** this 29th day of August 2008 to: 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 RONALD J. TENPAS8*/** Acting Assistant Attorney General Environmental and Natural Resources Division SARA E. COSTELLO Natural Resources Section P.O. Box 663 Washington, DC 20044-0663 CHARLES O’CONNOR*/ ** U.S. Attorney’s Office 450 Golden Gate Avenue P.O. Box 36055 San Francisco, CA 94102 Attorneys for Defendants THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, DIRK KEMPTHORNE, et al. CHRISTINA V. KAZHE (BAR NO. 192158)*/** ROSE WECKENMANN (BAR NO. 248207) KAZHE LAW GROUP PC 8359 Elk Grove-Florin Road Suite 103287 Sacramento, California 95829 Attorneys for Plaintiffs, WILTON MIWOK RANCHERIA, ITS MEMBERS; and DOROTHY ANDREW

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