Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. et al v. United States Food and Drug Administration et al

Filing 49

MEMO ENDORSEMENT on re: 38 PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLAINT. ENDORSEMENT: The motion to file a Supplemental Complaint is granted. So Ordered. (Signed by Magistrate Judge Theodore H. Katz on 1/31/2012) (rdz)

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Plaintiffs,

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UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG
ADMINISTRA TION; MARGARET
HAMBURG, in her official capacity as
Commissioner, United States Food and Drug
Administration; CENTER FOR
VETERINARY MEDICINE; BERNADETTE
DUNHAM, in her official capacity as
Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine;
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; and
KATHLEEN SEBELIUS, in her official
capacity as Secretary, United States
Department of Health and Human Services,
Defendants.

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PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A SUPPLEMENTAL COMPLAINT
Pursuant to Rule 15(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, PlFtintiffs Natural
Resources Defense Council, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Food Animal Concerns
Trust, Public Citizen, and Union of Concerned Scientists hereby move for leave to file the
Supplemental Complaint attached to this Motion. Plaintiffs respectfully propose the following
schedule for briefing the merits of the new claim set forth in the Supplemental Complaint:
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Plaintiffs would file a supplemental motion for summary judgment on February
13,2012;

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