Center for Biological Diversity et al v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service et al

Filing 48

SCHEDULING ORDER. Hearing on the parties' motions for summary judgment set for 1/10/2017 at 8:30 AM in Courtroom 9, 19th Floor, San Francisco before Hon. Jon S. Tigar. Signed by Judge Jon S. Tigar on March 23, 2016. (wsn, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/23/2016)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY,
et al.,
Plaintiffs,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Case No. 15-cv-05754-JST
SCHEDULING ORDER

v.
U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE, et al.,
Defendants.

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The Court hereby sets the following case deadlines pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 16 and Civil Local Rule 16-10:

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Deadline

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Federal defendants certify, lodge, and serve the administrative
records

May 31, 2016

Deadline to file any motions to supplement the administrative
record for the coastal marten not warranted finding. Any such
motion will be governed by Local Rule 7-11.

June 21, 2016

Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment

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July 6, 2016

Federal defendants’ combined opposition and cross-motion for
summary judgment

September 14, 2016

Defendant-intervenors’ combined opposition and cross-motion
for summary judgment

September 14, 2016

Plaintiffs’ combined opposition/reply to federal defendants’
motion

November 2, 2016

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Event

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Deadline

Plaintiffs’ combined opposition/reply to defendant-intervenors’
motion

November 2, 2016

Federal defendants’ reply

December 7, 2016

Intervenors’ reply

December 7, 2016

Hearing on the parties’ motions for summary judgment

January 10, 2017 at
8:30 a.m.

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The requests of the federal defendants and the defendants-intervenors to file overlength
briefs, ECF No. 35 at 9-10, are denied without prejudice. It is too early to tell whether additional

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pages will be needed. Before the parties make such requests in the future, they are urged to bear

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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in mind that the defendant group as a whole will already have 50 pages of briefing available

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collectively even if the page limits are not extended.

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Plaintiffs may, if they choose, file a single brief on November 2, 2016.

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Counsel may not modify these dates without leave of court. The parties shall comply with

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the Court’s standing orders, which are available at cand.uscourts.gov/jstorders.
The parties must take all necessary steps to conduct discovery, compel discovery, hire

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counsel, retain experts, and manage their calendars so that they can complete discovery in a timely

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manner and appear at trial on the noticed and scheduled dates. All counsel must arrange their

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calendars to accommodate these dates, or arrange to substitute or associate in counsel who can.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: March 23, 2016
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JON S. TIGAR
United States District Judge

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