Western Watersheds Project et al v. United States Bureau of Land Management

Filing 19

ORDER granting 18 Joint Motion to Vacate Scheduling Conference, or in the Alternative, to Appear Telephonically. Scheduling Conference set for 10/7/2013 is vacated. Defendant shall lodge the Administrative Record in electronic form no later than 11/27/2013. Plaintiffs shall file their motion for summary judgment no later than 2/28/2014. See order for additional case management deadlines. Signed by Senior Judge Paul G Rosenblatt on 9/16/2013.(LMR)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

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Western Watersheds Project, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

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vs.

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Bureau of Land Management,
Defendant.

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No. 13-CV-1028-PHX-PGR

ORDER

On May 20, 2013, Plaintiff filed a complaint challenging Defendant’s Resource
Management Plan for the Sonoran Desert National Monument. (Doc. 1.) The Court set a
scheduling conference for October 7, 2013. The parties filed a joint case management
report on August 8, 2013, stating that the issues in the case would be resolved on the
record and setting out a proposed briefing schedule for the parties’ summary judgment
motions. (Doc. 16.) Now before the Court is the parties’ joint motion to vacate the
scheduling conference. (Doc. 18.) The Court having reviewed the motion and the joint
case management report,
IT IS ORDERED vacating the October 7, 2013, scheduling conference.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that:
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Defendant shall lodge the Administrative Record in electronic form no later

than November 27, 2013.
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Motions to amend the pleadings and motions to join additional parties shall

be filed no later than January 24, 2014.

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Plaintiffs shall inform Defendant of any objections to the Administrative

Record no later than January 24, 2014.
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Plaintiffs shall file any motion challenging the sufficiency of the record or

seeking leave to submit extra record evidence no later than February 14, 2014.
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Plaintiffs shall file their motion for summary judgment no later than

February 28, 2014. The summary judgment brief shall not exceed 35 pages.
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Defendant shall file its combined cross-motion for summary judgment and

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opposition to Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment, not exceeding 35 pages, no later

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than April 25, 2014.

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Plaintiffs shall file their reply in support of summary judgment and

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opposition to Defendant’s motion no later than May 23, 2014. The reply brief shall not

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exceed 20 pages.

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Defendant shall filed its reply brief in support of summary judgment, not

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exceeding 20 pages, no later than June 20, 2014.

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DATED this 16th day of September, 2013.

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