North Coast Rivers Alliance, et al. v. United States Department of the Interior, et al.

Filing 87

STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING SUMMARY JUDGMENT BRIEFING DEADLINES signed by Chief Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill on July 13, 2018. (Munoz, I)

1 JEFFREY H. WOOD, Acting Assistant Attorney General
JUDITH E. COLEMAN, Trial Attorney
2 JOSEPH H. KIM, Trial Attorney
United States Department of Justice
3 Environment & Natural Resources Division
Natural Resources Section
4 P.O. Box 7611
Washington, D.C. 20044-7611
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[e-mail]
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7 Attorneys for the Federal Defendants
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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FRESNO DIVISION

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NORTH COAST RIVERS ALLIANCE, ET
AL.,
Plaintiffs,

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STIPULATION AND ORDER
REGARDING SUMMARY
JUDGMENT BRIEFING DEADLINES

v.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR, ET AL.,

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CASE NO. 1:16-cv-00307-LJO-SKO

Hearing Date: October 25, 2018
CHIEF JUDGE LAWRENCE J. O’NEILL
MAGISTRATE JUDGE S. OBERTO

Defendants,
and
WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT, ET AL.,
Intervenor-Defendants.

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COME NOW, Plaintiffs North Coast Rivers Alliance, California Sportfishing Protection
Alliance, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, San Francisco Crab Boat Owners
Association, Inc., and Institute for Fisheries Resources (Plaintiffs); United States Department of the
Interior and the United States Bureau of Reclamation (Federal Defendants); and Intervenors
Westlands Water District, San Luis Water District, and Panoche Water District (Intervenors),
through undersigned counsel, do jointly stipulate that the previous deadlines set by the Court for
briefing on the parties’ motions for summary judgment (Doc. 83) be continued as follows:
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Current Deadline

Stipulated Deadline

Defendants’ and Intervenors’ CrossMotions for Summary Judgment and
Oppositions to Plaintiffs’ Motion for
Summary Judgment

July 19, 2018

July 26, 2018

Plaintiffs’ Reply/Opposition to
Defendants’ and Intervenor’ CrossMotions

August 16, 2018

August 30, 2018

Defendants’ and Intervenors’ Replies

September 19, 2018

October 4, 2018

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The parties have stipulated to these amendments at the request of Defendants for a seven-day

9 continuance of their deadline to file their combined Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment and
10 Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment in order to enable adequate time for internal
11 review of the draft brief in light of unforeseen scheduling conflicts. Intervenors request a
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The parties have stipulated to continue the deadline for Plaintiffs’ Reply and Opposition to

14 August 30, to account for the extension of Defendants’ and Intervenors’ deadlines. Defendants’ and
15 Intervenors’ deadline to file replies would then be extended to October 4.
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The parties do not propose a change to currently scheduled hearing date of October 25, 2018.

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Respectfully submitted,

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JEFFREY H. WOOD, Acting Assistant Attorney General
United States Department of Justice
Environment & Natural Resources Division

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/s/ Judith E. Coleman
JUDITH E. COLEMAN
JOSEPH H. KIM
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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Attorneys for Federal Defendants
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR and UNITED STATES BUREAU OF
RECLAMATION

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/s/ Cynthia J. Larsen (with authorization)
CYNTHIA J. LARSEN
ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP

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Attorneys for Intervenors
WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT, SAN LUIS
WATER DISTRICT and PANOCHE WATER
DISTRICT

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/s/ Stephan C. Volker (with authorization)
STEPHAN C. VOLKER
ALEXIS E. KRIEG
DANIEL GARRETT-STEINMAN
LAW OFFICES OF STEPHAN VOLKER

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs
NORTH COAST RIVERS ALLIANCE,
CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING PROTECTION
ALLIANCE, PACIFIC COAST FEDERATION OF
FISHERMEN’S ASSOCIATIONS, SAN
FRANCISCO CRAB BOAT OWNERS
ASSOCIATION, INC., and INSTITUTE FOR
FISHERIES RESOURCES

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ORDER

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The stipulation is approved.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated:

/s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill _____

July 13, 2018

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UNITED STATES CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE

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