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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MODESTO IRRIGATION DISTRICT, et

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Plaintiffs,

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CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ, SECRETARY

OF COMMERCE, in his official

capacity, et al.,

Defendants.

 

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1:06-cv-0453 OWW DLB

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE ORDER 

Plaintiff’s SJ Motion

Filing Deadline: 1/19/07

Defendants’ Opposition and

Cross-Motion for SJ Filing

Deadline: 2/23/07

Plaintiff’s Reply and

Opposition to SJ Filing

Deadline: 3/23/07

Defendants’ Reply to SJ

Filing Deadline: 4/27/07

Hearing on Cross-Motions

for SJ: 5/7/07 10:00 Ctrm.

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I. Date of Scheduling Conference.

October 3, 2006.

II. Appearances Of Counsel.

O’Laughlin & Paris LLP by Jennifer Spaletta, Esq., appeared

on behalf of Plaintiff Stockton East Water District and Tim

O’Laughlin, Esq., appeared on behalf of all remaining Plaintiffs.

No person appeared on behalf of Defendants. 

Steve Mashuda, Esq., appeared on behalf of Intervenor

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Northern California Council of Fly Fishers.

III. Schedule for the Case. 

1. The parties this action is exempt from initial

disclosures under Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(e).

2. Federal Defendants shall file the Administrative Record

of the decision to list California Central Valley Steelhead DPS

as threatened under the Endangered Species Act by December 1,

2006.

3. The Administrative Record may be filed on a DVD-CD ROM. 

If so filed, each party will provide the Court with hard copies

of any documents cited by that party during briefing.

4. The last date to file motions directed at the

completeness and sufficiency of the Administrative Record will be

December 15, 2006. 

5. Plaintiffs reserve the right to seek timely discovery

after the Administrative Record is filed and motions to augment,

if any, are heard. Federal Defendants do not consent that any

extra-record discovery is appropriate and reserve their rights to

any request for discovery.

6. The parties agree that most of the issues regarding the

decision to list the Central Valley Steelhead DPS case should be

resolved by motions for summary judgment. The following schedule

is adopted: 

a. Plaintiffs will file their motion for summary

judgment by January 19, 2007.

b. Defendants will file their opposition and any

cross-motion for summary judgment by February 23, 2007. 

c. Plaintiffs will file replies in support of their

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summary judgment and opposition to Defendants’ cross-motion by

March 23, 2007. 

d. Defendants will file their reply by April 10,

2007.

7. The parties agree that issues regarding the adoption of

critical habitat set forth in Plaintiff’s tenth cause of action

should be delayed until after the summary judgment motions are

completed. The issues in the tenth cause of action may become

moot and will require preparation of a separate voluminous

Administrative Record. 

8. The parties have requested the Court defer deadlines

for submission of the Joint Status Report until thirty (30) days

after the Court rules on the last outstanding dispositive motion.

9. The parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment shall

be heard May 7, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. The Court will reserve

extended time for oral argument.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 3, 2006 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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