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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 16:1538 Endangered Species Act

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Brian Segee (Calif. Bar No. 200795)

Jason Rylander (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

Defenders of Wildlife

1130 17th Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20036

Telephone: (202) 682-9400

Facsimile: (202) 682-1331

bsegee@defenders.org, jrylander@defenders.org

Neil Levine (Calif. Bar No. 163557)

Law Offices

2539 Eliot Street

Denver, Colorado 80211

Telephone: (303)-455-0604

Facsimile: (303)-484-8470

nlevine@grandcanyontrust.org

Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Defendant-Intervenors

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, et al., 

Plaintiffs;

v.

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE

SERVICE et al.,

Defendants;

and

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, et al.; 

DefendantIntervenors.

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No: 2:05-cv-00629-WBS-GGH

(Consolidated with Case No. 2:05-cv-02524-

WBS-GGH)

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

TO STAY BRIEFING AND

CONSIDERATION OF PLAINTIFFS' 

MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES AND

COSTS

BUTTE ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL, 

et al.;

 Plaintiffs,

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GALE NORTON, Secretary of the Interior, 

and U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE,

 Defendants; 

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Plaintiffs Butte Environmental Council, Defenders of Wildlife and California Native

Plant Society, San Joaquin Raptor and Wildlife Rescue Center, Sierra Foothills Audubon 

Society and vernalpools.org and Federal Defendants the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the 

U.S. Department of the Interior, Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Interior, and H. Dale Hall,

Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, jointly stipulate jointly stipulate and request court

approval staying the briefing and consideration of Plaintiffs' Motion for Attorney Fees and 

Costs, which was filed with the Court February 6, 2007. Plaintiffs filed the Motion for 

Attorney Fees and Costs to comply with the timing requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d) and

Local Rules 54-292 and 54-293. The parties request a stay of briefing until October 1, 2007. 

Final Judgment was entered July 31, 2007. A stay of briefing and consideration of Plaintiffs'

Motion will allow time for the parties to attempt to resolve the attorney fees and costs motion

without the assistance of the court and to account for the possibility of an appeal. Plaintiffs will

file an Amended Noticed Motion and their supporting papers at the conclusion of the stay 

period if the issue is not resolved. 

Respectfully submitted,

Dated: August 1, 2007 /s/ Neil Levine_

Neil Levine

Brian Segee

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: August 1, 2007 /s/ Kevin McArdle___

Kevin McArdle

U.S. Dept. of Justice

Attorney for Federal Defendants

IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: August 2, 2007

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on August 1, 2007, I electronically transmitted the attached document to the

Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the

following CM/ECF registrants:

Kevin McArdle

U.S. Dep't of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Wildlife & Marine Resources Section

Kevin.mcardle@usdoj.gov

/s/ Neil Levine

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