Center for Biological Diversity v. Whitman et al

Filing 267

ORDER DENYING 265 MOTION to Appear by Telephone; GRANTING Motion for Andrea Morgan to personally appear.. Signed by Judge Jeffrey S. White on 7/10/13. (jjoS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/10/2013)

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1 2 3 4 ANDREA HOGAN (CA Bar No. 238209) LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 505 Montgomery St., Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA. 94111-6538 Tel: (415) 391-0600 Fax: (415) 395-8095 andrea.hogan@lw.com 5 6 7 8 9 10 JANICE M. SCHNEIDER* (D.C. Bar No. 472037) LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 555 11TH Street, NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20016 Tel: (202) 637-2261 Fax: (202) 637-2201 janice.schneider@lw.com 11 Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendant Syngenta Crop Protection 12 *Admitted pro hac vice 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 14 15 16 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, Plaintiff, 17 PERCIASEPE1 (The Honorable Jeffrey S. White) Defendants, 20 [L.R. 7-11] and 21 22 23 24 25 CROPLIFE AMERICA, AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSOCIATION, WESTERN PLANT HEALTH ASSOCIATION, OREGONIANS FOR FOOD AND SHELTER, and SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION, INC., Date: July 12, 2013 Time: 9:00 am Place: Courtroom 11 – 19th Floor Intervenor-Defendants. 26 27 UNOPPOSED ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO APPEAR TELEPHONICALLY AT MOTION HEARING v. 18 19 CASE NO. 02-CV-1580-JSW (Related to 11-CV-5108-JSW) 1 Robert Perciasepe replaces Christine Todd Whitman per F.R.C.P. 25(d). 28 Case Number: 02-cv-1580-JSW MOTION TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE AT MOTION HEARING 1 On May 17, 2013, CropLife America filed a Motion to Dismiss and in Opposition to 2 Settlement in Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Case No. 11-CV- 3 5108-JSW (Docket No. 64). On the same date, CropLife America filed a Motion to Enforce 4 Stipulated Injunction in the instant case, Center for Biological Diversity v. Whitman, Case No. 02- 5 CV-1580-JSW (Docket No. 259). On May 15, 2013, this Court set the motions for hearing on July 6 12, 2013 at 9:00 am (Docket No. 258). On July 9, 2013, the Court granted the Federal Defendants’ 7 8 9 10 unopposed motion for agency counsel to appear by telephone at the July 12 hearing (Docket No. 264). Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. (Syngenta) is not a party to case number 11-CV-5108 and it 11 does not seek to participate in that matter. Syngenta is a party, however, to case number 02-CV- 12 1580, which has been dormant for over six years. Counsel for Syngenta, Ken Weinstein, has retired 13 from the practice of law, and other attorneys involved in the case have also left the law firm. Janice 14 15 Schneider resides in Washington, DC, and because (i) the undersigned counsel has not been able to receive authorization to fly to San Francisco and (ii) the Court has granted participation by telephone 16 by other parties, counsel respectfully requests the opportunity to appear in the hearing on case 17 18 19 number 11-CV-5108 by telephone. Ms. Schneider’s direct dial is (202) 637-2261. Andrea Hogan, Latham & Watkins LLP, is available to attend the hearing in person if the Court so instructs. This 20 motion is unopposed. 21 Dated: July 10, 2013 Respectfully submitted, 22 27 /s/ Janice M. Schneider JANICE M. SCHNEIDER* (D.C. Bar No. 472037) LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 555 11TH Street, NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20016 Tel: (202) 637-2261 Fax: (202) 637-2201 janice.schneider@lw.com /s/ Andrea Hogan ANDREA HOGAN (CA Bar No. 238209) LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 505 Montgomery St., Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA. 94111-6538 Tel: (415) 391-0600 Fax: (415) 395-8095 Andrea.hogan@lw.com 28 ** admitted pro hac vice in Case No. 02-CV-1580 23 24 25 26 Case Number: 02-cv-1580-JSW 2 MOTION TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE AT MOTION HEARING 1 [PROPOSED] ORDER 2 3 4 5 This Court has been moved to allow counsel for Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. to telephonically attend the motion hearing scheduled for July 12, 2013. This motion is unopposed. The Andrea Morgan Court has reviewed the motion and grants the motion for counsel to telephonically attend the motion 6 hearing in Case Number 02-CV-1580, scheduled for July 12, 2013 at 9:00 am. 7 8 9 10 IT IS SO ORDERED. 10th DATED this ____ day of July, 2013. __________________________________ JEFFREY S. WHITE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DC\2653436.1 Case Number: 02-cv-1580-JSW ORDER ON MOTION TO APPEAR BY TELEPHONE AT MOTION HEARING

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