Yurok Tribe et al v. United States Bureau of Reclamation

Filing 74

STIPULATED EXTENSION OF TIME FOR FEDERAL DEFENDANTS' RESPONSIVE PLEADING AND CASE MANAGEMENT DEADLINES granting 73 STIPULATION. Case Management Conference continued to 5/16/2017 02:00 PM in Courtroom 2, 17th Floor, San Francisco. Case Management Statement due by 5/9/2017. Signed by Judge William H. Orrick on 04/07/2017. (jmdS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/7/2017)

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JEFFREY H. WOOD, Acting Assistant Attorney General
Environment & Natural Resources Division
SETH M. BARSKY, Chief
S. JAY GOVINDAN, Assistant Chief
ROBERT P. WILLIAMS, Sr. Trial Attorney
KAITLYN POIRIER, Trial Attorney
U.S. Department of Justice
Environment & Natural Resources Division
Wildlife & Marine Resources Section
Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7611
Washington, D.C. 20044-7611
Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Federal Defendants

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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YUROK TRIBE, et al.,

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Plaintiffs,
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U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, et al., )
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Defendants,
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KLAMATH WATER USERS
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ASSOCIATION, et al.,
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Defendant-Intervenors.
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Case No. 3:16-cv-06863-WHO
STIPULATED EXTENSION OF TIME
FOR FEDERAL DEFENDANTS’
RESPONSIVE PLEADING AND CASE
MANAGEMENT DEADLINES

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 6-2, Plaintiffs, Federal Defendants, and Defendant-

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Intervenors hereby jointly stipulate to a two-week extension of all existing deadlines in this

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case, including the following:
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April 3, 2017 – Deadline for Federal Defendants to answer or otherwise respond to
Plaintiffs’ Complaint (Dckt. No. 59);

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April 7, 2017 – Last day to: meet and confer re: initial disclosures1, early settlement,

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ADR process selection, and discovery plan; file ADR Certification signed by Parties

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and Counsel; and file either Stipulation to ADR Process or Notice of Need for ADR

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Phone Conference (Dckt. No. 61);
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April 21, 2017 – Last day to: file Rule 26(f) Report, complete initial disclosures or

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state objection in Rule 26(f) report, and file Case Management Statement per Standing

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Order re Contents of Joint Case Management Statement (Dckt. No. 61);
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May 2, 2017 – Initial Case Management Conference (Dckt. No. 61).

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Good cause exists for the requested extension because the parties are currently

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discussing possible resolution of the remaining claims in this case following entry of the

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Court’s February 8, 2017 and March 24, 2017 Orders. Dckt. Nos. 62 & 70.

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WHEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate to extend, by two weeks, each of the
aforementioned deadlines to facilitate ongoing discussions, as follows:
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April 17, 2017 – Deadline for Federal Defendants to answer or otherwise respond to
Plaintiffs’ Complaint;

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April 21, 2017 – Last day to: meet and confer re: initial disclosures, early settlement,

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ADR process selection, and discovery plan; file ADR Certification signed by Parties

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and Counsel; and file either Stipulation to ADR Process or Notice of Need for ADR

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Phone Conference;

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Federal Defendants preserve for the record their objection to this case being subject to initial
disclosures and all other discovery related deadlines on the grounds that this is an action for
review on an administrative record. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(A); (a)(1)(B)(i); (f)(1).
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May 5, 2017 – Last day to: file Rule 26(f) Report, complete initial disclosures or state

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objection in Rule 26(f) report, and file Case Management Statement per Standing

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Order re Contents of Joint Case Management Statement; and

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May 16, 2017 – Initial Case Management Conference.

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Dated: April 3, 2017
Respectfully submitted,
JEFFREY H. WOOD, Acting Assistant Attorney General
SETH M. BARSKY, Chief
S. JAY GOVINDAN, Assistant Chief
ROBERT P. WILLIAMS, Sr. Trial Attorney
/s/ Kaitlyn Poirier
KAITLYN POIRIER, Trial Attorney
U.S. Department of Justice
Environment and Natural Resources Division
Wildlife and Marine Resources Section
Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7611
Washington, D.C. 20044-7611
[phone] (tel) | [phone] (fax)
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Federal Defendants

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/s/ Patti A. Goldman
KRISTEN L. BOYLES (CSBA # 158450)
PATTI A. GOLDMAN (WSBA # 24426)
[Admitted Pro Hac Vice]
Earthjustice
705 Second Avenue, Suite 203
Seattle, WA 98104-1711
Ph: [phone] | Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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TRENT ORR (CSBA # 77656)
Earthjustice
50 California, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94111
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Ph: [phone] | Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]

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Attorneys for Plaintiffs for Pacific Coast Federation of
Fishermen’s Associations, Institute for Fisheries Resources,
and Klamath Riverkeeper
CHEYENNE SANDERS (CSBA # 307359)
Yurok Tribe
190 Klamath Blvd.
PO BOX 1027
Klamath, CA 95548
Ph: [phone] | Fax: [phone]
[e-mail]
Attorney for Plaintiff Yurok Tribe

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SOMACH SIMMONS & DUNN, PC
/s/ Paul S. Simmons
Paul S. Simmons

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Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors Klamath Water Users
Association, Sunnyside Irrigation District, and Ben DuVal
CLYDE SNOW & SESSIONS, P.C.

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/s/ Reagan L.B. Desmond
Reagan L. B. Desmond

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Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor Klamath Drainage District
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WANGER JONES HELSLEY PC
/s/ John P. Kinsey
John P. Kinsey

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Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors Klamath Irrigation
District and Pine Grove Irrigation District

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ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO CIVIL L.R. 5-1(i)(3)
I, Kaitlyn Poirier, attest that concurrence in the filing of the document has been
obtained from each of the other Signatories indicated with a “conformed” signature (/s/)
within this e-filed document.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that
the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

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Dated: April 3, 2017
/s/ Kaitlyn Poirier
KAITLYN POIRIER, Trial Attorney
U.S. Department of Justice
Environment and Natural Resources Division
Wildlife and Marine Resources Section
Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7611
Washington, D.C. 20044-7611
[phone] (tel)
[phone] (fax)
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Federal Defendants

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated this 7th day of April, 2017.

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HON. WILLIAM H. ORRICK
United States District Judge

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