The Wilderness Society et al v. United States Department of Interior et al

Filing 69

ORDER VACATING STATUS CONFERENCE; SETTING HEARING ON ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE. SETTLEMENT; DENYING STIPULATION AS MOOT re 67 STIPULATION WITH PROPOSED ORDER. Stipulated Dismissal due by 6/8/2012. Order to Show Cause Hearing set for 6/18/2012 09:00 AM. Signed by Judge James Ware on May 16, 2012. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/16/2012)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
NO. C 09-03048 JW

The Wilderness Soc’y, et al.,

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ORDER VACATING STATUS
CONFERENCE; SETTING HEARING ON
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE.
SETTLEMENT; DENYING
STIPULATION AS MOOT

Plaintiffs,
v.

For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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United States Dep’t of Interior, et al.,
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Defendants.
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This case is scheduled for a Status Conference re. Settlement on May 21, 2012. On May 11,

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2012, pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Local Rules of this Court, the parties

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conferred and duly submitted a Joint Status Report. (See Docket Item No. 68.) In their Joint Status

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Report, the parties inform the Court that Plaintiffs are still in the process of reviewing changes in the

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language of the Settlement Agreement required by the Department of Justice. (Id. at 1.)

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The parties first informed the Court that they had reached a settlement in principle in this

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case in August of 2011. (See Docket Item No. 56.) In October of 2011 the parties informed the

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Court that they had jointly drafted a proposed Settlement Agreement, and requested an additional 60

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days to obtain required approvals for the Agreement. (See Docket Item No. 58.) Since that time the

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parties have requested three additional continuances to finalize the language of the Settlement

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Agreement, and have had over six months to do so. (See Docket Item Nos. 60, 62 and 65.)

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Upon review, the Court finds that the parties have been provided sufficient time to evaluate

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the Agreement. Thus, the Court will grant the parties one final continuance to finalize the

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Agreement. Accordingly, the Court VACATES the Status Conference. On or before June 8, 2012,

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the parties shall file a Stipulated Dismissal and bring this 2009 case to a close. If no Stipulated

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Dismissal is on file by that date, the parties shall appear on June 18, 2012 at 9 a.m. for a hearing on

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an Order to Show Cause re. Settlement.1

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Dated: May 16, 2012
JAMES WARE
United States District Chief Judge

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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In light of this Order, the Court DENIES as moot the Stipulation of the Parties and
[Proposed] Order Continuing May 21, 2012 Status Conference, Docket Item No. 67.
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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

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Amy Rae Atwood [e-mail]
David Bernard Glazer [e-mail]
Gregory C. Loarie [e-mail]
J. Michael Klise [e-mail]
James Stuart Angell [e-mail]
Meredith L. Flax [e-mail]

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Dated: May 16, 2012

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

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By:
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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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/s/ JW Chambers
William Noble
Courtroom Deputy