Sierra Nevada Forest Protection Campaign et al v Rey et al

Filing 337

STIPULATION and ORDER TO DISMISS CLAIMS signed by Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. on 2/7/2012. (Michel, G)

IGNACIA S. MORENO
Assistant Attorney General
Environment & Natural Resources Division
BARCLAY T. SAMFORD
Trial Attorney
Natural Resources Section
Environment & Natural Resources Division
U.S. Department of Justice
1961 Stout Street - 8th Floor
Denver, CO 80294
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]
BENJAMIN B. WAGNER
United States Attorney
DAVID T. SHELLEDY
Assistant United States Attorney
501 I Street, Suite 10-100
Sacramento, CA 95814
Telephone: [phone]
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Attorneys for Federal Defendants
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SIERRA FOREST LEGACY, et al.,
Plaintffs
v.
HARRIS SHERMAN in his official
capacity as Under Secretary of
Agriculture, et al.
Federal Defendants.
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) No. 2:05-cv-00205 MCE/GGH
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) STIPULATION AND ORDER TO DISMISS
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CIV-S-05-0205-MCE/GGH
STIPULATION AND ORDER TO DISMISS CLAIMS

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The parties to the above captioned litigation, through their undersigned counsel, and

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pursuant to Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, see Hells Canyon Preservation

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Council v. U.S. Forest Serv., 403 F.3d 683, 687-88 (9th Cir. 2005), hereby stipulate as follows:

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1.

Plaintiffs’ first claim for relief under the National Forest Management Act

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(“NMFA”) against the 2004 Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment is dismissed without

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prejudice. See Third Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (ECF No. 223)

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at 19-22.

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Plaintiffs’ second claim for relief under NMFA against the 2004 Sierra Nevada

Forest Plan Amendment is dismissed without prejudice. See id. at 23-26.

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Plaintiffs’ second claim for relief under NMFA against the Basin Project is

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dismissed with prejudice. See id. at 23-26.
Dated this 3rd day of February 2012.

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/s/ Gregory C. Loarie (as authorized on 02/03/12)
GREGORY C. LOARIE
MICHAEL R. SHERWOOD
Earthjustice
PATRICK GALLAGHER
Sierra Club Environmental Law Program
Attorneys for Sierra Forest Legacy, et al.
IGNACIA S. MORENO
Assistant Attorney General

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/s/ Barclay T. Samford
BARCLAY T. SAMFORD
U.S. Department of Justice
Environment & Natural Resources Division
Natural Resources Section
Attorneys for Federal Defendants

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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Dated: February 7, 2012
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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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