Western Watersheds Project et al v. Schneider et al

Filing 37

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER - Amended Pleadings and Joinder of Parties due by 9/1/2016. Motions to Change Venue and Intervention Motions due by 6/30/2016. Defendant's Administrative Record due by 1/31/2017 (Case Management deadline set for 1/31/2017). If Plaintiffs have any unresolved objections, any motion challenging the Administrative Record is due by 5/1/2017. Signed by Judge B. Lynn Winmill. (caused to be mailed to non Registered Participants at the addresses listed on the Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) by (cjs)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO
WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT,
WILDEARTH GUARDIANS, CENTER
FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, and
PRAIRIE HILLS AUDUBON SOCIETY,

Case No. 1:16-CV-83-BLW
CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

Plaintiffs,
v.
JANICE SCHNEIDER, Assistant
Secretary of Interior; BUREAU OF LAND
MANAGEMENT; and U.S. FOREST
SERVICE,
Defendants.
Following a telephone conference between the Court’s staff and counsel, and
finding good cause therefore,
NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that the following schedule
shall govern this litigation:
Joinder of Parties and Amendment of Pleadings: All motions to amend pleadings

and join parties shall be filed on or before September 1, 2016.
Motion to Change Venue: Defendants shall file any motion to transfer venue on
or before June 30, 2016.
Administrative Record: Assuming that no portion of this case is transferred,
resolution of any disputes over the Administrative Record for summary judgment
would proceed as follows:
Case Management Order – page 1

1. Defendants shall file the Administrative Record on or before January 31,
2017;
2. Plaintiffs shall notify Defendants of any objections to the Administrative
Record on or before March 31, 2017;
3. If Plaintiffs’ objections to the Administrative Record are not resolved,
Plaintiffs shall file any motion challenging the Administrative Record on
or before May 1, 2017.
If a motion challenging the Administrative Record is filed, the District of Idaho Local
Rules will apply, and Defendants’ opposition will be due within 21 days of the filing of
the motion, with Plaintiffs’ reply due within 14 days of the filing of the opposition
The parties agree that Defendants will provide Plaintiffs with copies of the
Administrative Records for the various Plan amendments as they become available for
production, even though the full Administrative Record for this case will not be filed
until the end of January 2017. This will facilitate Plaintiffs’ review of the adequacy of the
Administrative Record in advance of summary judgment briefing on the merits.
The parties agree, and the Court approves, that the Administrative Record may be
submitted on electronic media, such as DVDs or flash drives, rather than in paper form.
Motions for Summary Judgment: The filing of summary judgment motions must await
(1) the resolution of any motion to change venue, and (2) the resolution of any objections
to the Administrative Record. Once those issues have been resolved, the parties shall
submit a proposed summary judgment briefing schedule, assuming the case remains with
this Court.
Intervention: All intervention motions shall be filed on or before June 30, 2016.

Case Management Order – page 2

DATED: June 1, 2016

_________________________
B. Lynn Winmill
Chief Judge
United States District Court

Case Management Order – page 3