Sierra Club et al v. Clinton et al

Filing 68

ORDER setting briefing schedule on Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction re 66 Stipulation. (Written Opinion). Signed by Judge Richard H. Kyle on 10/06/09. (kll)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA CIVIL NO. 09-2622 (RHK / RLE) SIERRA CLUB, MINNESOTA CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY, INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK, and NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) HILLARY CLINTON, in her official ) capacity as Secretary of State, JAMES ) STEINBERG, in his official capacity as ) Deputy Secretary of State, UNITED ) STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE,, ) Lieutenant General ROBERT L. VAN ) ANTWERP, in his official capacity as U.S. ) Army Chief of Engineers and Commanding ) General of the U.S. Army Corps of ) Engineers; Colonel JON L. ) CHRISTENSEN, in his official capacity as ) District Engineer and Commander of the ) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; the ) UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ) ENGINEERS, TOM TIDWELL, in his ) official capacity as Chief of the United ) States Forest Service; ROB HARPER, in his ) official capacity as Forest Supervisor for the ) Chippewa National Forest; and the UNITED ) STATES FOREST SERVICE, ) ) Defendants, ) and ) ) ENBRIDGE ENERGY, LIMITED ) PARTNERSHIP, ) ) Intervenor-Defendant. )

ORDER GRANTING STIPULATION REGARDING BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

ORDER Upon consideration of the Parties' Stipulation Regarding Briefing Schedule on Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, and finding good cause to approve the Parties' Stipulation, it is hereby ORDERED that the Stipulation is APPROVED, and it is further ORDERED that the briefing schedule set forth below shall apply to Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction: 1) Plaintiffs will rely on their brief in support of their Motion for Preliminary

Injunction that is on file in this Court: 2) Federal Defendants and Intervenor-Defendant will file their Response

Briefs in Opposition to Motion for Preliminary Injunction on or before October 16, 2009; 3) Plaintiffs' will file their Reply Brief in Support of Motion for Preliminary

Injunction on or before October 26, 2009. IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: 10/6/09 s/Richard H. Kyle Hon. Richard H. Kyle U.S. District Court Judge

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