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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:4321 Review of Agency Action-Environment

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CITIZENS FOR BETTER FORESTRY,

Plaintiff, No. C 05-01144 PJH

v.

U.S. DEPT OF AGRICULTURE,

Defendants,

AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASSN.,

et al,

Defendants/Intervenors.

___________________________________/

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, SIERRA

CLUB, THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY, and 

VERMONT NATURAL RESOURCES 

COUNCIL,

Plaintiffs, No. C 04-4512 PJH

 v.

MIKE JOHANNS, Secretary, United States 

Department of Agriculture, in his official 

capacity; DALE BOSWORTH, Chief, United ORDER SETTING BRIEFING

States Forest Service, in his official capacity; SCHEDULE AND HEARING

and UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, DATE

Defendants,

AMERICAN FOREST & PAPER ASS’N and

AMERICAN FOREST RESOURCE COUNCIL,

Defendants-Intervenors. /

The court is in receipt of the parties’ briefs (no fewer than five) regarding a stipulated

briefing schedule on the parties’ motions for summary judgment, the parameters of which were

set forth in this court’s November 15, 2005 order. It is clear that the parties are unable to 

agree upon a schedule. Accordingly, the court ORDERS a schedule as follows. 

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As noted previously at the October 6, 2005 case management conference, the minute

order that followed, and in the court’s November 15, 2005 order, briefing on the motions in the

above cases will be consolidated. Contrary to federal defendant’s proposed schedules, there

will be one set of combined papers for both cases C 04-4512 PJH, and C 05-1144 PJH. Thus,

the briefing schedules will not be staggered. Additionally, plaintiffs and plaintiff-intervenors will

file combined papers, as will defendants and defendant-intervenors. In other words, the

briefing will be consolidated and unified for both cases and for the parties and respective

intervenors.

The court has considered the parties’ schedules as set forth in their papers, and has

also considered what appears to be a request by federal defendants to expand upon the page

limits originally set by the court in its November 15, 2005 order.

Good cause appearing, the briefing schedule and page limits are as follows:

June 16, 2006 Plaintiffs and Plaintiff-Intervenors’ motion for summary judgment

and brief in support (not to exceed 40 pages total).

August 11, 2006 Federal Defendants’ and Defendant-Intervenors’ motion for

summary judgment and brief in support, combined into one

document with Federal Defendants’ and Defendant-Intervenors’

opposition (not to exceed 40 pages total).

September 1, 2006 Plaintiffs and Plaintiff-Intervenors’ opposition and reply, combined

into one document (not to exceed 40 pages total).

September 22, 2006 Federal Defendants’ and Defendant-Intervenors’ reply (not to

exceed 20 pages total).

November 1, 2006 Oral Argument

The June 7, 2006 hearing date re: defendant’s motion to set a briefing schedule is

VACATED. No further briefs re: the above schedule shall be filed.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May10, 2006 ______________________________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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