Center for Food Safety et al v. Vilsack et al

Filing 87

ORDER by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. Granting 86 Motion to Appear by Telephone at June 27, 2017 Further Case Management Conference. Counsel shall contact CourtCall at [phone] to make arrangements for the telephonic appearance. (ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/22/2017)

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CHAD A. READLER
Acting Assistant Attorney General
ERIC R. WOMACK
Assistant Branch Director
M. ANDREW ZEE (CA Bar No. 272510)
Attorney
Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch
U.S. Department of Justice
450 Golden Gate Avenue, Room 7-5395
San Francisco, CA 94102
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

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Attorneys for Defendants

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THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
OAKLAND DIVISION

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CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
v.

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SONNY PERDUE, Secretary of the United
States Department Of Agriculture, et al.,

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Defendants.

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Case No. 4:15-cv-1590-HSG
STIPULATED REQUEST AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER TO ALLOW
TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE AT
JUNE 27, 2017 FURTHER CASE
MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

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CASE NO. 4:15-CV-1590-HSG
STIPULATED REQUEST TO ALLOW TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE

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In accordance with Northern District of California Civil Local Rule 7-12, Plaintiffs

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Center for Food Safety; Beyond Pesticides; Equal Exchange; Food & Water Watch, Inc.; Frey

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Vineyards, Ltd.; Greensward/New Natives LLC; La Montanita Co-op; Maine Organic Farmers

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and Gardeners Association; Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance; Ohio Ecological Food

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and Farm Association; Organic Consumers Association; Organic Seed Growers and Trade

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Association; PCC Natural Markets; and The Cornucopia Institute (Plaintiffs) and Defendants

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Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; Bruce Summers, Acting

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Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service; and Miles McEvoy, Deputy Administrator

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of the National Organic Program, all sued solely in their official capacities (Defendants), by and

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through their respective counsel, stipulate and agree as follows:
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On June 19, 2017, the Court set a further case management conference for June

27, 2017. See ECF No. 85.
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Undersigned counsel for Defendants has previously arranged travel to Department

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of Justice offices in Washington, D.C., and plans to be in Washington, D.C. during the week of

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June 26, 2017 and, specifically, on June 27, 2017 when the further case management conference

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is scheduled to occur.

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3.

Defendants request, with Plaintiffs’ consent, that counsel for Defendants be

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permitted to appear telephonically at the June 27, 2017 conference. Counsel believes that his

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ability to meaningfully participate in the conference will not be impeded by appearing

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telephonically.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

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Respectfully submitted this 21st day of June, 2017 in San Francisco, California.

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/s/ Sylvia Shih-Yau Wu
SYLVIA SHIH-YAU WU (CSB No. 273549)
PAIGE M. TOMASELLI (CSB No. 237737)
Center for Food Safety
303 Sacramento Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
CASE NO. 4:15-CV-01590-HSG
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T: [phone] / F: [phone]
Emails: [e-mail]
ptomaselli @centerforfoodsafety.org
Counsel for Plaintiffs
CHAD A. READLER
Acting Assistant Attorney General
ERIC R. WOMACK
Assistant Branch Director
/s/ M. Andrew Zee
M. ANDREW ZEE (State Bar No. 272510)
Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch
U.S. Department of Justice
450 Golden Gate Avenue, Room 7-5395
San Francisco, CA 94102
T: [phone] / F: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants

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ATTESTATION
Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I attest that I am the ECF user whose user ID and
password are being used in the electronic filing of this document, and further attest that I have
obtained the concurrence in the filing of the document from the other signatory.
/s/ M. Andrew Zee
M. ANDREW ZEE

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

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Pursuant to the parties’ stipulated request, Defendants’ request to allow counsel to appear

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telephonically at the June 27, 2017 further case management conference is GRANTED. Counsel

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shall contact CourtCall at [phone] to make arrangements for the telephonic appearance.

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Dated: June _______, 2017.
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_____________________________
Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.
U.S. District Court Judge

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