National Wildlife Federation et al v. Kempthorne et al

Filing 24

STIPULATION AND ORDER extending time to 3/16/2009 for parties to file joint case management statement; Signed by Judge Marilyn Hall Patel on 3/17/2009. (awb, COURT-STAFF) (Filed on 3/18/2009)

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Amber Kemble (CA Bar No. 221366) Law Office of Amber Kemble 4160 Suisun Valley Road, Suite E 444 Fairfield California 94534 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] John Kostyack Mary Randolph Sargent admitted pro hac vice NATIONAL WILFLIFE FEDERATION 901 E Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20004 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail]; [e-mail] Daniel J. Rohlf Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center 10015 S.W. Terwilliger Blvd. Portland, OR 97219 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiffs (a complete list of Plaintiffs on signature page) UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA National Wildlife Federation, Golden Gate Audubon, Planning and Conservation League, Minnesota Conservation Federation, Association of Northwest Steelheaders, Idaho Wildlife Federation, Arizona Wildlife Federation, Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, Nebraska Wildlife Federation, Wyoming Wildlife Federation, Nevada Wildlife Federation, Kansas Wildlife Federation, Conservation Council for Hawaii, Florida Wildlife Federation, and the Indiana Wildlife Federation, Plaintiffs, v. Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary, U.S. Department of the ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO. 3:08cv05654 MHP STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING FILING
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STATEMENT

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Interior, Dale Hall, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce, James Balsiger, Acting Assistant Administrator of the National Marine Fisheries Service,

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WHEREAS, on December 11, 2008, plaintiff environmental groups filed Center for Biological Diversity et al. v. Kempthorne et al., Case No. CV-08-5546 MHP, which case was assigned to be heard by this Court. WHEREAS, on December 11, 2008, this Court issued an order in the Center for Biological Diversity case setting the Initial Case Management Conference for March 23, 2009 and ordering a Case Management Statement to be filed by March 16, 2009 (see Docket No. 4). WHEREAS, on December 29, 2008, plaintiff People of the State of California ex rel. Edmund G. Brown Jr. filed the instant case. Plaintiff amended its complaint on January 16, 2009 to add eight additional states as plaintiffs. This case initially was assigned to be heard by Hon. Edward M Chen. WHEREAS, on December 30, 2008, plaintiff People of the State of California filed an Administrative Motion in the Center for Biological Diversity case to consider whether the instant case should be related to the first-filed Center for Biological Diversity case. On January 7, 2009, this Court granted plaintiff's motion (see Docket No. 5). WHEREAS, also on January 7, 2009, the Clerk of this Court issued a Notice Scheduling the [Initial] Case Management Conference in the instant case on March 23, 2009 and stating that a Case Management Statement would be due ten days prior to the conference, or March 13, 2009 (see Docket No. 6). NOW THEREFORE, the parties in the above-captioned case stipulate to an extension of time to file the required Case Management Statement in this case onMarch 16, 2009, in

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accordance with the schedule established by court order in the first-filed related case, Center for Biological Diversity v. Kempthorne, CV-08-5546 MHP. Respectfully submitted:

Respectfully submitted, /S/ Mary Randolph Sargent ______________________________ John Kostyack, [e-mail] Mary Randolph Sargent, [e-mail] National Wildlife Federation 901 E Street, NW, Suite 400 Washington DC 20004 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Daniel J. Rohlf Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center 10015 S.W. Terwilliger Blvd. Portland, OR 97219 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Amber Kemble (CA Bar No. 221366) Law Office of Amber Kemble 4160 Suisun Valley Road, Suite E 444 Fairfield California 94534 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: March 13, 2009

JOHN C. CRUDEN Acting Assistant Attorney General United States Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division

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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

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ORDER The Court hereby extends the time to file the Case Management Statement to March 16, 2009, in accordance with the scheduled previously ordered in Center for Biological Diversity v. Kempthorne, CV-08-5546 MHP. 17 IT IS SO ORDERED this ____th day of March, 2009.

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