United Farm Workers, AFL-CIO et al v. EPA

Filing 69

ORDER GRANTING re 68 MOTION to Establish Schedule to Produce Administrative Record and Stay Summary Judgment Briefing. Signed by Judge Jeremy Fogel on 9/9/08. (dlm, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/10/2008)

1 RONALD J. TENPAS 2 Assistant Attorney General 3 Trial Attorney 5

NORMAN L. RAVE, JR.

4 U.S. Department of Justice

Environment and Natural Resources Division P.O. Box 23986 6 Washington, D.C. 20026-3986 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Attorneys for Defendants
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Case No. C 07-03950 JF STIPULATED MOTION TO ESTABLISH SCHEDULE TO PRODUCE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD AND STAY SUMMARY JUDGMENT BRIEFING

AFL-CIO, et al.,

) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) ) ADMINISTRATOR, ) UNITED STATES ) ENVIRONMENTAL ) PROTECTION AGENCY, ) Defendant. ) )

Pursuant to a stipulated order signed on July 10, 2008 (Docket No. 64), the Court

24 stayed the deadlines for production of the administrative record and summary judgment 25 26 27 28 briefing in this case pending resolution of plaintiffs' motion to compel EPA to produce a complete administrative record and intervenor's motion to dismiss. On August 26, 2008,
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1 the Court granted plaintiffs' motion to compel (Docket No. 67) and denied intervenor's 2 3 4 5 EPA will produce a certified index of the complete administrative record for this case, a 6 privilege log for those records EPA believes can be withheld from disclosure, and 7 excerpts of the record agreed upon by the parties. The parties further stipulate that 8 summary judgment briefing in this case be stayed until the Ninth Circuit issues a decision 9 10 11 12 in a pending expedited case, United Farm Workers v. Administrator, EPA, No. 08-35528 (9th Cir.), which involves similar jurisdictional issues to those raised by the intervenor in the instant case. Because the Court's Order denying intervenor's motion to dismiss motion to dismiss (Docket No. 66). Pursuant to Local Rule 7-12, the parties now stipulate that, by November 7, 2008,

13 provided that it could raise the issues again on summary judgment, the parties believe it is 14 appropriate to await the Ninth Circuit's decision before proceeding to summary judgment 15 in this case, except that nothing shall prevent any party from filing a motion for 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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reconsideration of the Court's Order pending resolution of the Ninth Circuit litigation. The parties will submit a revised proposed schedule for summary judgment briefing within two weeks of the Ninth Circuit's ruling in United Farm Workers. Respectfully submitted this 9th day of September, 2008. RONALD J. TENPAS Assistant Attorney General

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/S/ Norman L. Rave, Jr. NORMAN L. RAVE, JR. Trial Attorney United States Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division P.O. Box 23986 Washington, D.C. 20026-3986 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Counsel for Defendant /S/ Norman L. Rave, Jr. (with permission) PATTI GOLDMAN (WSB #24426) JOSHUA OSBORNE-KLEIN (WSB #36736) KRISTEN L. BOYLES (CSB #158450) Earthjustice 705 Second Avenue, Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98104 [phone] [phone] [FAX] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiffs United Farm Workers; Sea Mar Community Health Center; Pineros Y Campesinos Unidos Del Noroeste; Beyond Pesticides; Frente Indigena de Organizaciones Binacionales; Farm Labor Organizing Committee, AFLCIO;Teamsters Local 890; and Pesticide Action Network North America. /S/ Norman L. Rave, Jr. (with permission) LAURENCE A. WEISS Heller Ehrman LLP 275 Middlefield Road Menlo Park, CA 94025-3506 [phone] [phone]

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DAVID B. WEINBERG Wiley Rein LLP 1776 K Street, NW Washington, DC 21043 [phone] Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendant Dow AgroSciences LLC

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: 9/9/08 ________________________ Honorable Jeremy Fogel United States District Judge

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