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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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JAMES J. TUTCHTON (CA Bar No. 150908) 

Tutchton Law Office, LLC 

6439 E. Maplewood Ave. 

Centennial, CO 80111 

Telephone: (720) 301-3843 

jtutchtontlo@gmail.com

STEVEN SUGARMAN (Pro Hac Vice) 

347 County Road 55A 

Cerrillos, New Mexico 87010 

Telephone: (505) 672-5082 

stevensugarman@hotmail.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

CONSERVATION CONGRESS, 

 Plaintiff, 

v.

UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, and 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE 

SERVICE, 

 Defendants, 

 and 

TRINITY LUMBER COMPANY, 

 Defendant-Intervenor. 

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Case No.: 2:13-cv-01977-JAM-DAD 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

MODIFYING BRIEFING DEADLINES 

Pursuant to Local Rules 143 and 144, the undersigned parties hereby stipulate to modify 

the deadlines for the remaining briefs in this case. Specifically, the parties have stipulated to 

the following modifications to the deadlines for Plaintiff’s reply and response memorandum 

and the Defendants’ reply memoranda: 

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Deadline Current date New date 

Plaintiff’s Combined Opposition/Reply 

(30 pages) 

October 3, 2016 October 17, 2016 

Federal Defendants’ Reply (15 pages) October 19, 2016 November 2, 2016 

Defendant-Intervenor’s Reply (10 

pages) 

October 19, 2016 November 2, 2016 

Hearing December 13, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. 

With this stipulation, the parties do not propose that the current hearing date of 

December 13, 2016 be adjusted. 

The undersigned counsel for the Plaintiff has requested this stipulation in order to 

accommodate unusually heavy “docket congestion” which was caused, in large part, by a 

serious family medical issue which required a very significant portion of his time. As a result 

of this circumstance, the undersigned counsel for Plaintiff requires an additional two weeks of 

time to prepare Plaintiff’s final merits brief in this case. 

Since this Court modified the merits briefing schedule in response to the filing of 

Defendant-Intervenor Trinity Lumber Company’s Motion to Modify Operating Schedule, the 

merits briefing schedule in this matter has been extended only once upon a stipulation of the 

parties initiated by Trinity’s counsel in order to accommodate his planned paternity leave. ECF 

Doc. No. 99. 

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Accordingly, the parties request the Court approve this Stipulation, and enter the 

proposed changes to the briefing and hearing schedule. 

Respectfully submitted this 21st day of September, 2016 

/s/ Steven Sugarman

STEVEN SUGARMAN (pro hac vice)

347 County Road 55A 

Cerrillos, NM 87010 

Tel: (505) 672-5082 

Email: stevensugarman@hotmail.com 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

/s/ Lawson E. Fite

LAWSON E. FITE, pro hac vice 

American Forest Resource Council 

5100 S.W. Macadam, Suite 350 

Portland, OR 97239 

Tel: (503) 222-9505 / Fax: (503) 222-3255

Email: lfite@amforest.org 

Attorney for Defendant-Intervenor

JOHN C. CRUDEN

Assistant Attorney General 

/s/ Tyler Burgess

TYLER L. BURGESS 

Trial Attorney 

Natural Resources Section 

PO Box 7611 

Washington, DC 20044-7611 

Tel: (202) 616-4119 / Fax: (202) 305-

0506

Email: tyler.burgess@usdoj.gov 

ANDREA GELATT 

Wildlife & Marine Resources Section 

PO Box 7611 

Washington, DC 20044-7611 

Tel: (202) 305-0210 / Fax: (202) 305-

0275

Email: andrea.gelatt@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

The Court having considered the Stipulation of the parties, IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: 9/21/2016 /s/ John A. Mendez____________ 

 Hon. John A. Mendez 

 United States District Court Judge 

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