Center For Biological Diversity et al v. United States Environmental Protection Agency et al

Filing 15

ORDER GRANTING 14 STIPULATION to Extend Deadline for Answer, Continue Case Management Conference filed. Answer due by 7/18/2016. Joint Case Management Statement due by 7/27/2016. Initial Case Management Conference set for 8/3/2016 02:30 PM. Signed by Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong on 6/1/16. (jjoS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/2/2016)

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Case 4:16-cv-01946-SBA Document 14 Filed 06/01/16 Page 1 of 3 1 2 JOHN C. CRUDEN Assistant Attorney General Environment & Natural Resources Division 3 DEBRA J. CARFORA Trial Attorney 4 United States Department of Justice Environmental Defense Section 5 8 P.O. Box 7611 Washington, D.C. 20044-7611 Tel: (202) 514-2640 Fax: (202) 514-8865 debra.carfora@usdoj.gov 9 Attorneys for Defendant 6 7 10 [Additional counsel listed on signature page] 11 12 13 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION 14 Case No. 4:16-cv-1946-SBA 15 16 17 18 19 20 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR ANSWER, CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER THE UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, et al., 21 22 Defendants. 23 24 Pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2, Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, 25 Association of Irritated Residents, and Climate Change Law Foundation, and Defendants, 26 the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy in her official 27 capacity as the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and 28 Jared Blumenfeld in his official capacity as Regional Administrator of the United States JOINT STIPULATION CASE NO. 4:16-cv-1946-SBA Case 4:16-cv-01946-SBA Document 14 Filed 06/01/16 Page 2 of 3 1 Environmental Protection Agency (collectively “EPA”), hereby stipulate to and request 2 an order continuing the case management conference currently scheduled for July 13, 3 2016 and extending the deadline for Defendants’ Answer to July 18, 2016. In support of 4 this stipulation, the parties state the following: 5 The Court entered an order setting this matter for a case management conference 6 at 2:30 PM on July 13, 2016. ECF No. 6. Subsequently, on May 27, 2016, the parties 7 had an initial meet and confer concerning this case. 8 The requested extension will allow EPA enough time to properly examine 9 whether the parties may be able to resolve this case without dispositive motions or a trial. 10 Meanwhile, the parties will continue to confer concerning this case. 11 The parties have not previously requested any extensions in this case. 12 Therefore, in light of the fact that parties may be able to resolve this case without 13 the need for dispositive motions or a trial, the parties stipulate to and request an order 14 continuing the case management conference until 2:30 PM on August 3, 2016; continuing 15 the last day to file either Stipulation to ADR Process or Notice of Need for ADR Phone 16 Conference to July 20, 2016; continuing the last day to file Rule 26(f) Reports, complete 17 initial disclosures or state objection in Rule 26(f) Report, and file Case Management 18 Statements to July 27, 2016; and extending the answer due date to July 18, 2016. 19 Respectfully submitted, 20 Date: June 1, 2016 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JOHN C. CRUDEN Assistant Attorney General Environment and Natural Resources Division /s/ Debra J Carfora DEBRA J. CARFORA Trial Attorney United States Department of Justice Environmental Defense Section P.O. Box 7611 Washington, D.C. 20044-7611 Tel: (202) 514-2640 Fax: (202) 514-8865 debra.carfora@usdoj.gov JOINT STIPULATION CASE NO. 4:16-cv-1946-SBA Case 4:16-cv-01946-SBA Document 14 Filed 06/01/16 Page 3 of 3 Attorneys for Defendant 1 2 Date: June 1, 2016 3 4 5 6 7 /s/ James M. Birkelund JAMES M. BIRKELUND, Cal. Bar No.206328 Climate Change Law Foundation 548 Market St., #11200 San Francisco, CA 94104 james@climatechangelaw.org Tel: 415-602-6223; Fax: 415-789-4556 8 9 Attorney for Plaintiffs Climate Change Law Foundation and Association of Irritated Residents 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 /s/ Maya Golden-Krasner MAYA GOLDEN-KRASNER, Cal. Bar No. 217557 The Center for Biological Diversity P.O. Box 1476 La Canada Flintridge, CA 91012 mgoldenkrasner@biologicaldiversity.org Tel: 213-215-3729; Fax: 510-844-7150 Attorney for Plaintiff Center for Biological Diversity 19 20 24 /s/ Elizabeth Benson ELIZABETH BENSON, Cal. Bar No. 268851 Sierra Club 2101 Webster Street, Suite 1300 Oakland, CA 94612 elly.benson@sierraclub.org Tel: 415-977-5723; Fax: 415-977-5793 25 Attorney for Plaintiff Sierra Club 21 22 23 26 27 28 JOINT STIPULATION CASE NO. 4:16-cv-1946-SBA Case 4:16-cv-01946-SBA Document 14-1 Filed 06/01/16 Page 1 of 1 1 [PROPOSED] ORDER 2 Pursuant to Stipulation, IT IS ORDERED that the deadline for Defendant’s 3 Answer is hereby extended to July 18, 2016 and the Case Management Conference is 4 continued until 2:30 PM on August 3, 2016. 5 6 1st June DATED this ______ day of ___________, 2016. 7 8 9 10 ________________________________ SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG United States District Judge 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 JOINT STIPULATION CASE NO. 4:16-cv-1946-SBA

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