Sequoia ForestKeeper v. La Price et al

Filing 40

SCHEDULING ORDER, signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 3/31/2017. Pleading Amendment Deadline 5/5/2017. Merits Brief: Filed by 5/12/2017; Answering Brief by 5/26/2017; Reply by 6/9/2017. Hearing on Merits Brief set for 7/31/2017 at 01:30 PM in Courtroom 2 (AWI) before District Judge Anthony W. Ishii. (Hall, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SEQUOIA FORESTKEEPER, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,

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v.
ERIC LA PRICE, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Case No. 1:16-cv-00759-AWI-JLT
SCHEDULING ORDER1

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On March 30, 2017, the parties filed their joint status report detailing that the Forest Service

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will complete its determination whether further NEPA review is warranted by April 20, 2017. (Doc. 38

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at 2) If it is not warranted, the project may proceed this summer. Id. The parties agree to the following

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schedule2 and, therefore, the Court ORDERS:
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complaint;
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No later than April 28, 2017, plaintiff SHALL circulate its proposed first amended

No later than May 5, 2017, plaintiff SHALL file either a stipulation to amend the

complaint or a motion to amend the complaint;

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Plaintiff SHALL file its merits brief no later than May 12, 2017;

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Defendant/Intervenor SHALL file its answering brief no later than May 26, 2017;

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Plaintiff’s reply brief, if any, SHALL be filed no later than June 9, 2017;

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The status conference set on April 7, 2017 is VACATED.
The parties proposed a different hearing date. However, the proposed hearing date is not workable for the Court at this
time. Moreover, the Defendant/Intervenor may seek leave to file a sur-reply but that request is not granted here.
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The hearing on the merits briefs is set on July 31, 2017 at 1:30 p.m. before the

Honorable Anthony W. Ishii.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

March 31, 2017

/s/ Jennifer L. Thurston
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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