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7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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10 ADOBE LUMBER, INC., a California )
corporation, ) NO. CV S-02-186 GEB GGH
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Plaintiff, )
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v. ) ORDER
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HAROLD TAECKER, an individual, and )
14 GERALDINE TAECKER, an individual, )
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15 Defendants. )
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AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIM AND )
17 THIRD PARTY COMPLAINT. )
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19 On April 18, 2005, Third-Party Defendant Joseph Montalvo
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21 “a dissolved California limited partnership [which] filed for
22 bankruptcy in 1992,” moved for summary judgment. Montalvo argues he
23 is entitled to summary judgment because Defendants’ claims arising
24 from perchloroethylene releases at the WSC property from 1979 to 1989
25 were discharged in Montalvo’s bankruptcy in 1994. (Mem. Supp. Summ.
26 J. at 1-2.) No opposition to Montalvo’s motion was filed.
27 Since the factual and legal assertions in Montalvo’s motion
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1 above show he is entitled to summary judgment on this ground, Montalvo

2 is granted summary judgment.
3 IT IS SO ORDERED.
4 Dated: May 24, 2005
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/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.
6 GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.
United States District Judge
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