Center for Biological Diversity et al v. Kempthorne et al

Filing 23

STIPULATION AND ORDER extending time to and including 3/13/2009 for defendants to file response to amended complaint; Administrative record to be produced by 4/15/2009; Signed by Judge Marilyn Hall Patel on 2/6/2009. (awb, COURT-STAFF) (Filed on 2/6/2009)

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JOHN C. CRUDEN Acting Assistant Attorney General United States Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief SETH M. BARSKY, Assistant Section Chief KRISTEN L. GUSTAFSON (D.C. Bar. N. 460443) [e-mail] MICHAEL R. EITEL (Neb. Bar No. 22889) [e-mail] ERIK E. PETERSEN (D.C. Bar No. 489073) [e-mail] Trial Attorneys, Wildlife & Marine Resources Section U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369 Washington, D.C. 20044-7369 Tel: [phone] / Fax: [phone] CHARLES R. SHOCKEY (D.C. Bar No. 914879) Trial Attorney, Natural Resources Section United States Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division 501 "I" Street, Suite 9-700 Sacramento, CA 95814-2322 Tel: [phone]/ Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Federal Defendants IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No: CV-08-5546-MHP JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND THE TIME IN WHICH TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFFS' COMPLAINT AND TO SET DATE FOR PRODUCTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al., v. Plaintiffs,

KEN SALAZAR, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., Defendants.

Joint Stipulation to Extend Time

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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed the above captioned case on December 11, 2008; WHEREAS, Plaintiffs served the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California with the Summons and Complaint on December 11, 2008; WHEREAS, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(a), Defendants' response to Plaintiffs' Complaint would be due on February 9, 2009; WHEREAS, Defendants aver that they require additional time, up to and including March 13, 2009, in which to formulate a response to the issues presented in the Plaintiffs' Complaint; WHEREAS, pursuant to Civ. L.R. 6-1, the "[p]arties may stipulate in writing, without a Court order, to extend the time within which to answer or otherwise respond to the complaint . . . provided the change will not alter the date of any event or any deadline already fixed by Court order. . ."; WHEREAS, the agreed-upon extension will not affect or alter any current scheduling deadlines fixed by this Court's Order Setting Initial Case Management Conference and ADR Deadlines (Docket No. 4); WHEREAS, without prejudice to any argument, claim, or defense that any party may have in this case, the parties agree that Defendants shall file and serve the administrative records for the challenged actions in this case by April 15, 2008, NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate as follows: 1. Defendants' time in which to respond to Plaintiffs' Complaint shall be enlarged to March 13, 2009. 2. Defendants shall file and serve the administrative records to Plaintiffs by April 15, 2009.

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Joint Stipulation to Extend Time Civ. No. 08-5546-MHP

DATED February 5, 2009

Respectfully submitted, JOHN C. CRUDEN Acting Assistant Attorney General United States Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief SETH M. BARSKY, Assistant Section Chief ERIK E. PETERSEN (D.C. Bar No. 489073) [e-mail] /s/ Erik Petersen ERIK E. PETERSEN (D.C. Bar No. 489073) [e-mail] KRISTEN L. GUSTAFSON (D.C. Bar. N. 460443) [e-mail] MICHAEL R. EITEL (Neb. Bar No. 22889) [e-mail] Trial Attorneys, Wildlife & Marine Resources Section U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369 Washington, D.C. 20044-7369 Tel: [phone] / Fax: [phone] CHARLES R. SHOCKEY (D.C. Bar No. 914879) Trial Attorney, Natural Resources Section United States Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division 501 "I" Street, Suite 9-700 Sacramento, CA 95814-2322 Tel: [phone]/ Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Federal Defendants

DATED February 5, 2009

Michael P Senatore [e-mail]

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1601 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 701 Washington, DC 20009-1056 301-466-0774 [e-mail] Lisa T. Belenky Center for Biological Diversity 351 California Street, Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94104 415-436-9682 ext. 307 / 415-436-9683 (fax) [e-mail] Eric R. Glitzenstein Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal 1601 Connecticut Avenue N.W., Suite 700 Washington, DC 20009 202-588-5206 / 202-588-5049 (fax) [e-mail] Jason Rylander Defenders of Wildlife 1101 17th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 [phone] [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on February 5, 2009, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system which will automatically send email notification to the attorneys of record. I also certify that, on February 5, 2009, I sent the foregoing via overnight mail to the following attorney of record: Jason Rylander Defenders of Wildlife 1101 17th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 [phone] [e-mail]

/s/ Erik Petersen Erik E. Petersen, Trial Attorney

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[Proposed] Order

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA (SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No: CV-08-5546-MHP [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND THE TIME IN WHICH TO RESPOND TO PLAINTIFFS' COMPLAINT AND TO SET DATE FOR PRODUCTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al., v. Plaintiffs,

KEN SALAZAR, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., Defendants.

This matter having come before the Court on the parties' Joint Stipulation to Extend the Time in which to Respond to Plaintiffs' Complaint and to Set Date for Production of Administrative Record, the Court finds that: 1. Defendants' time in which to respond to Plaintiffs' Amended Complaint shall be enlarged to March 13, 2009. 2. Defendants shall produce the administrative records to Plaintiffs by April 15, 2009.

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