Center for Biological Diversity v. Environmental Protection Agency et al

Filing 59

ORDER Granting re 58 Continuance of Further Case Management Conference filed by Center for Biological Diversity Further Case Management Conference set for 11/21/2008 01:30 PM. UPdated joint camse management conference statement due by 11/14/2008.. Signed by Judge Joseph C. Spero on 9/15/08. (fj, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/15/2008)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Michael W. Graf (CA Bar No. 136172) Law Offices 227 Behrens Street El Cerrito, CA 94530 Telephone: (510) 525-7222 Facsimile: (510) 525-1208 mwgraf@aol.com Justin Augustine (CA Bar No. 235561) Center for Biological Diversity 351 California St., Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel: (415) 436-9682 x302 Fax: (415) 436-9683 jaugustine@biologicaldiversity.org Attorneys for Plaintiff UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ) CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL ) DIVERSITY, a non-profit corporation; ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) E N V I R O N M E N T A L PROTECTION ) AGENCY et al., ) ) Defendants. ) __________________________________ ) ) ) Case No: C-07-02794-JCS EIGHTH JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT AND REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE; PROPOSED ORDER Date: September19, 2008 Time: 1:30 p.m. Courtroom A, 15th Floor Honorable Joseph C. Spero EIGHTH JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT The parties to the above-entitled action submit this Eighth Joint Case Management Statement, Request for Continuance, and Proposed Order and request the Court to adopt it as its Case Management Order in this case. REQUEST FOR CMC CONTINUANCE On September 21, 2007, the Court held a case management conference in this matter. At the Eighth Joint Case Management Statement and Request for Continuance; Proposed Order 1 C-07-02794-JCS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 CMC, counsel for plaintiff and defendants stated their preference for pursuing settlement rather than moving forward with briefing on the allegations in Plaintiff's complaint that Defendants are currently in violation of Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"), 16 U.S.C. § 1536(a)(2), regarding the impacts of certain pesticide registrations (as specifically identified in the Complaint) on eleven endangered and threatened species occurring in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since the September 21, 2007 CMC, the parties have exchanged settlement proposals and discussed the potential for settlement of this case. On October 16, 2007, the parties submitted a Second Joint Case Management Statement and requested additional time for settlement discussions. On October 22, 2007, the Court continued the case management conference until November 30, 2007. On November 20, 2007, the parties submitted their Third Joint Case Management Statement requesting additional time to negotiate settlement, and on November 21, 2007, the Court continued the case management conference until January 18, 2008. On January 11, 2008, the parties submitted their Fourth Joint Case Management Statement requesting additional time to negotiate settlement, and on January 14, 2008, the Court continued the case management conference until March 14, 2008. On March 14, 2008, a Case Management Conference was held, as well as a Motion Hearing on Proposed Intervenor Defendants' Motions to Intervene. On March 19, 2008, the Court issued an Order granting in part and denying in part the Motions to Intervene and consequently, Intervenor Defendants 19 20 CropLife America, RISE-Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment, and Reckitt Benckiser are now 21 involved in the remedy phase of this case. 22 23 24 Management Statements which the Court adopted. Since then, further discussions have been held 25 26 and additional progress made. However, new issues have recently been added to the discussions, and Since March, the parties have discussed further settlement proposals and believe significant progress has been made. In May and July, the parties submitted their Sixth and Seventh Case 27 consequently, at this time, the parties believe a continuance of the CMC currently scheduled for 28 Eighth Joint Case Management Statement and Request for Continuance; Proposed Order 2 C-07-02794-JCS 1 September 19, 2008, would be beneficial in allowing the parties to continue their settlement 2 3 September 19, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. to November 21, 2008. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Eighth Joint Case Management Statement and Request for Continuance; Proposed Order discussions. The parties therefore jointly request a continuance of the CMC currently scheduled for DATED: September 12, 2008 /s/_Justin Augustine Michael W. Graf (CA Bar No. 136172) Law Offices 227 Behrens Street El Cerrito, CA 94530 Telephone: (510) 525-7222 Facsimile: (510) 525-1208 mwgraf@aol.com Justin Augustine (CA Bar No. 235561) Center for Biological Diversity 351 California St., Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel: (415) 436-9682 x302 Fax: (415) 436-9683 jaugustine@biologicaldiversity.org Attorneys for Plaintiff Ronald J. Tenpas Assistant Attorney General JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief SETH M. BARSKY, Assistant Chief _/s/ Rebecca J. Riley _______________ REBECCA J. RILEY U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division Wildlife & Marine Resources Section Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369 Washington, D.C. 20044-7369 Telephone: (202) 305-0202 Facsimile: (202) 305-0275 Attorneys for Defendants 3 C-07-02794-JCS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Eighth Joint Case Management Statement and Request for Continuance; Proposed Order /s/ Thomas W. Stoever, Jr. Thomas W. Stoever, Jr. (Cal. Bar No. 150056) ARNOLD & PORTER LLP 370 Seventeenth Street Suite 4500 Denver, Colorado 80202-1370 Telephone: (303) 863-1000 Facsimile: (303) 832-0428 Attorney for Intervenor-Defendant Reckitt Benckiser, Inc. /s/ J. Michael Klise J. Michael Klise (pro hac vice) jmklise@crowell.com Steven P. Quarles (pro hac vice) squarles@crowell.com Thomas R. Lundquist (D.C. Bar No. 968123) CROWELL & MORING LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20004-2595 Telephone: (202) 624-2629 Facsimile: (202) 628-5116 Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendant CropLife America and RISE-Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment 4 C-07-02794-JCS 1 CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER 2 3 Case Management Order for the case. 4 5 6 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 1. The case management conference scheduled for September 19, 2008 is continued to The Case Management Statement and Proposed Order is hereby adopted by the Court as the 7 November 21, 2008 at 1:30 p.m.. 8 9 14, 2008. 10 11 12 IT IS SO ORDERED 13 14 Dated: September___, 2008. 15 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 5 2. An updated joint case management conference statement shall be due by November UNIT ED S S DISTRICT TE C TA ER N F D IS T IC T O R A C LI _____________________ro _______ __ Spe seph C. Judge Jo Honorable Joseph C. Spero FO R NIA I ORD T IS SO ERED RT U O NO RT H

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