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`LUCY E. BROWN
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`HI Bar No. 10946
`lucy.e.brown@usdoj.gov
`U.S. Department of Justice
`Environment and Natural Resources Division
`Environmental Defense Section
`P.O. Box. 7611
`Washington, D.C. 20044-7611
`Tel: (202) 598-1868
`Fax: (202) 514-8865
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`Attorney for Defendants
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`JCM FARMING, INC., a California
`corporation,
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` Plaintiff,
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`vs.
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`ANDREW WHEELER, Administrator,
`United States Environmental Protection
`Agency; and UNITED STATES
`ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
`AGENCY,
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` Defendants.
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`Case No. 20-cv-1119-BAS-AGS
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`NOTICE OF MOTION AND
`MOTION TO DISMISS
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`Judge: Cynthia A. Bashant
`Hearing: October 19, 2020
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`Place:
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`NO ORAL ARGUMENT UNLESS
`REQUESTED BY THE COURT
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`Notice of Motion 20cv1119
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`Case 3:20-cv-01119-BAS-AGS Document 8 Filed 09/01/20 PageID.43 Page 2 of 4
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`NOTICE OF MOTION
`TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD: Please take
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`notice that on October 19, 2020, or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard,
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`before the Honorable Cynthia A. Bashant, at the United States District Court for
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`the Southern District of California, located at 221 West Broadway, San Diego,
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`California, Defendants Andrew Wheeler and United States Environmental
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`Protection Agency will, and hereby do, move to dismiss the above-captioned case,
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`pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1), (3), and (6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
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`This motion is made following the conference of the counsel that took place on
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`August 25, 2020.
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`Respectfully submitted this 1st day of September, 2020.
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`/s/ Lucy E. Brown
`LUCY E. BROWN
`Attorney for Defendants
`Andrew Wheeler and
`Environmental Protection Agency
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`Case 3:20-cv-01119-BAS-AGS Document 8 Filed 09/01/20 PageID.44 Page 3 of 4
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`MOTION TO DISMISS
`Defendants Andrew Wheeler and United States Environmental Protection
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`Agency move to dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint for lack of subject matter
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`jurisdiction and improper venue pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
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`12(b)(1), (3), and (6). Defendants have submitted a memorandum of points and
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`authorities in support of the motion.
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`Respectfully submitted this 1st day of September, 2020.
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`/s/ Lucy E. Brown
`LUCY E. BROWN
`Attorney for Defendants
`Andrew Wheeler and
`Environmental Protection Agency
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I hereby certify that, on September 1, 2020, a true and correct copy of the
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`foregoing Motion to Dismiss was served electronically via the Court’s e-filing
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`system to Counsel of Record.
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`/s/ Lucy E. Brown
`LUCY E. BROWN
`Attorney for Defendants
`Andrew Wheeler and
`Environmental Protection Agency
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