Karuk Tribe et al v. Stelle et al

Filing 71

ORDER APPROVING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PARTIES' STIPULATION RE: CASE MANAGEMENT; DIRECTIONS TO PARTIES. Signed by Judge Maxine M. Chesney on May 20, 2016. (mmclc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/20/2016)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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KARUK TRIBE, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

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v.

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WILLIAM STELLE, et al.,
Defendants.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

Case No. 16-cv-01079-MMC
ORDER APPROVING IN PART AND
DENYING IN PART PARTIES'
STIPULATION RE: CASE
MANAGEMENT; DIRECTIONS TO
PARTIES
Re: Dkt. No. 70

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Before the Court is the parties’ “Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Re: Case

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Management,” filed May 20, 2016, by which the parties seek an order (1) vacating all

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deadlines in the instant case, including federal defendants’ deadline to file a response to

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plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint, (2) setting a June 15, 2016 deadline for federal

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defendants to file the Administrative Record of the National Marine Fisheries Service
(“NMFS”), (3) vacating the Initial Case Management Conference currently set for June 3,
2016, and (4) requiring the parties to file a case management statement fourteen days
after the Ninth Circuit has issued its mandate in Karuk Tribe v. Stelle, No. 16-15818 (9th
Cir. filed May 4, 2016). Having read and considered the Stipulation, the Court rules as
follows.
1. To the extent the parties seek an order vacating all deadlines currently set in
the above-titled action, the Stipulation is hereby APPROVED.
2. To the extent the parties seek an order setting a June 15, 2016 deadline for
federal defendants to file the NMFS Administrative Record, the Stipulation is hereby
APPROVED.

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3. To the extent the parties seek an order vacating the June 3, 2016 Case
Management Conference, the Stipulation is hereby APPROVED.
4. To the extent the parties seek an order requiring the parties to file a case

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management statement fourteen days after the Ninth Circuit has issued its mandate in

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Karuk Tribe v. Stelle, No. 16-15818 (9th Cir. filed May 4, 2016), the Stipulation is hereby

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DENIED, and, in lieu thereof, the parties are hereby DIRECTED to file, no later than

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seven calendar days after the Ninth Circuit has issued said mandate, a stipulation setting

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forth a mutually agreeable date for the Initial Case Management Conference.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: May 20, 2016
MAXINE M. CHESNEY
United States District Judge

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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