The Otter Project; Environmental Defense Center v. Salazar et al

Filing 47

STIPULATION AND ORDER Extending Time to File Answer from 5/24/2010 to 6/3/2010 re 45 Stipulation. Signed by Judge James Ware on 5/17/2010. (ecg, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/17/2010)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-1(a), 6-2, and 7-12 this Stipulation is entered into by and between Plaintiffs, The Otter Project and Environmental Defense Center, Federal Defendants, Ken Salazar, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, Rowan Gould, Acting Stipulation Extending Time to Answer First Amended Complaint 1 No. C. 09-4610 JW ) ) THE OTTER PROJECT and ) ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) v. ) ) KEN SALAZAR, ROWAN GOULD, ) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ) THE INTERIOR, UNITED STATES FISH ) & WILDLIFE SERVICE, ) ) Defendants, ) ) CALIFORNIA SEA URCHIN ) COMMISSION, PETER HALMAY, ) HARRY LIQUORNIK, CALIFORNIA ) ABALONE ASSOCIATION, SONOMA ) COUNTY ABALONE NETWORK, ) ) Intervenor-Defendants. ) IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION

No. C 09-4610 JW STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER EXTENDING TIME TO ANSWER FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

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Director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the United States Department of the Interior, and the United States Fish & Wildlife Service, and Intervenor-Defendants, California Sea Urchin Commission, Peter Halmay, Harry Liquornik, California Abalone Association, and Sonoma County Abalone Network. WHEREAS, on May 5, 2010, the Court denied Federal Defendants' motion to dismiss the First Amended Complaint (Doc. No. 42); WHEREAS, Defendants' Answer to the First Amended Complaint, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(a)(4) and 6(d), would therefore be due May 24, 2010; WHEREAS, counsel for Federal Defendants will be out of the country on honeymoon from May 14, 2010 to May 26, 2010; WHEREAS, one previous extension of ten days to answer has been granted, Doc. No. 18; NOW, THEREFORE, the parties stipulate as follows: 1. Defendants shall answer the First Amended Complaint by June 3, 2010.

May 13, 2010

Respectfully Submitted,

/s/ Linda J. Krop (by LEF as authorized on 5/13/10) Linda J. Krop (Cal. Bar. No. 118773) Brian Segee (Cal. Bar No. 200795) Environmental Defense Center 906 Garden Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] email: [e-mail], [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiffs IGNACIA S. MORENO, Asst. Attorney General JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief

Stipulation Extending Time to Answer First Amended Complaint

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Stipulation Extending Time to Answer First Amended Complaint 3 No. C. 09-4610 JW
Dated: May 17, 2010

/s/ Lawson E. Fite LAWSON E. FITE, Trial Attorney Oregon Bar No. 055573 U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division Wildlife & Marine Resources Section Ben Franklin Station P.O. Box 7369 Washington, DC 20044-7369 Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] Attorneys for Federal Defendants

/s/ George J. Mannina, Jr.(by LEF, as authorized 5/13/10) George J. Mannina, Jr. (D.C. Bar No. 316943) Pro hac vice NOSSAMAN LLP 1666 K St., N.W., Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20006 [phone] Fax: [phone] [e-mail] Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendants

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

THE OTTER PROJECT, et al., Plaintiffs, KEN SALAZAR, et al., Defendants, CALIFORNIA SEA URCHIN COMMISSION, et al., Intervenor-Defendants.

No. C 09-4610 JW CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on May 13, 2010, I electronically filed the foregoing STIPULATION EXTENDING TIME TO ANSWER with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such to the attorneys of record. /s/ Lawson E. Fite LAWSON E. FITE