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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 05:702 Administrative Procedure Act

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28 STIPULATED REQUEST TO STAY LITIGATION - 1

David E. Newman, SBN 233263

Johanna H. Wald, SBN 43159

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL

111 Sutter Street, 20 Floor th

San Francisco, CA 94104

Tel: (415) 875-6100; Fax: (415) 875-6161

dnewman@nrdc.org; jwald@nrdc.org

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

SUE ELLEN WOOLDRIDGE

Assistant Attorney General

BEVERLY F. LI 

JEFFREY S. DILLEN

Trial Attorneys

U.S. Department of Justice/ Environment & Natural Resources Division

P.O. Box 663

Washington, DC 20044-0663

Tel: (202) 353-9213; Fax: (202) 514-8865

beverly.li@usdoj.gov; jeff.dillen@usdoj.gov

MCGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

EDMUND F. BRENNAN

Assistant U.S. Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Tel.: (916) 554-2766; Fax: (916) 554-2900

ed.brennan@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL )

et al., ) No. 2:05-CV-02590-WBS-GGH

Plaintiffs, ) 

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v. )

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UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE et al., ) STIPULATED REQUEST 

) TO STAY LITIGATION

Defendants. )

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_________________________________________ )

Plaintiffs and Defendants (“the Parties”) hereby stipulate and respectfully request that the 

Court stay the current litigation and all associated briefing deadlines and other obligations in

order for the Parties better to discuss proposals to settle this case. Proposed legislation to

designate as wilderness the Hoover Wilderness Addition in the Humboldt-Toiyabe National

Forest has recently been introduced in Congress. See H.R. 5149, 109th Cong. (2006); S. 2567,

109th Cong. (2006). The Parties believe that the need for further briefing on the merits of this

matter may be obviated if the legislation passes and the parties are able to negotiate a mutually

agreeable settlement. Thus, the Parties seek an indefinite stay of the current litigation. 

Under the present briefing schedule, Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment is due June

19, 2006. Defendants’ opposition and cross-motion for summary judgment are due July 14,

2006. Plaintiffs’ opposition and reply are due July 28, 2006, and Defendants’ reply is due

August 11, 2006. Oral argument on the Parties’ motions for summary judgment is scheduled for

August 21, 2006. The proposed order would stay the above deadlines. The Parties are willing to

provide the Court with joint status reports regarding the status of this matter on a periodic basis

or as otherwise necessary. 

Dated: June 2, 2006

Respectfully submitted,

SUE ELLEN WOOLDRIDGE

Assistant Attorney General

JEFFREY S. DILLEN

 /s/ Beverly F. Li 

BEVERLY F. LI 

Trial Attorney 

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Div.

P.O. Box 663

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Washington, DC 20044-0663

Telephone: (202) 353-9213

Facsimile: (202) 514-8865

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

EDMUND F. BRENNAN

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2766

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900

ed.brennan@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

/s/ David Newman 

David E. Newman, SBN 233263

Johanna H. Wald, SBN 43159

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL

111 Sutter Street, 20 Floor th

San Francisco, CA 94104

Tel: (415) 875-6100

Fax: (415) 875-6161

dnewman@nrdc.org; jwald@nrdc.org

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Natural Resources Defense

Council; Sierra Club; and Central Sierra

Environmental Resource Center.

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ORDER

This matter is before the Court on the Stipulated Request to Stay Litigation. Pursuant to

the Parties’ stipulation,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Parties’ request is granted; 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the current litigation and all associated briefing

deadlines are hereby STAYED until further order of this court:

AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the file in this case be administratively closed,

subject to its being reopened upon the written request of any party. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 12, 2006

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