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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 05:551 Administrative Procedure Act

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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

THE OTTER PROJECT, 

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER, 

 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

KEN SALAZAR, ROWAN GOULD, 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 

THE INTERIOR, UNITED STATES FISH 

& WILDLIFE SERVICE, 

 

 Defendants, 

CALIFORNIA SEA URCHIN 

COMMISSION, PETER HALMAY, 

HARRY LIQUORNIK, CALIFORNIA 

ABALONE ASSOCIATION, SONOMA 

COUNTY ABALONE NETWORK, 

 Intervenor-Defendants. 

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No. C 09-4610 JW 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER CONTINUING CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

 Pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2 and 7-12, this Stipulation is entered into by and between 

Plaintiffs, The Otter Project and Environmental Defense Center, Federal Defendants, Ken UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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DENIED

Judge James Ware

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Salazar, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, Rowan Gould, Acting 

Director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the United States Department of the Interior, and 

the United States Fish & Wildlife Service, and Intervenor-Defendants, California Sea Urchin 

Commission, Peter Halmay, Harry Liquornik, California Abalone Association, and Sonoma 

County Abalone Network. 

 WHEREAS, the Court, in its Order of May 5, 2010, set a Case Management Conference 

in the above-captioned matter for May 24, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. (Doc. No. 42 at 10); 

 WHEREAS, counsel for Federal Defendants will be out of the country and unavailable 

from May 14, 2010 to May 26, 2010, due to previously scheduled personal commitments, and is 

otherwise unavailable on June 21, 2010, and June 28, 2010; 

 WHEREAS, counsel for Intervenor-Defendants will be out of the country and 

unavailable from June 1, 2010, to June 14, 2010, due to previously scheduled personal 

commitments; 

 WHEREAS, the parties agree that continuing the Case Management Conference in this 

matter will not materially impede the progress of this litigation, and may facilitate discussions 

regarding settlement; 

 NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned parties stipulate as follows: 

1. The Case Management Conference set for May 24, 2010, shall be CONTINUED to July 

12, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. Alternatively, if the Court prefers, the parties are available for a 

special setting at any time on June 22 or 23, 2010. 

2. The parties shall file a Joint Case Management Statement ten days prior to the Case 

Management Conference. 

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May 6, 2010 Respectfully Submitted, 

 

 /s/ Brian Segee (by LEF, as authorized 5/6/10)

Brian Segee (Cal. Bar No. 200795) 

Environmental Defense Center 

906 Garden Street 

Santa Barbara, CA 93101 

Tel: (805) 963-1622 x. 113 

Fax: (805) 962-3152 

email: bsegee@edcnet.org 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

 

 IGNACIA S. MORENO, Asst. Attorney General 

 JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief 

 /s/ Lawson E. Fite 

 LAWSON E. FITE, Trial Attorney 

Oregon Bar No. 055573 

 U.S. Department of Justice 

 Environment & Natural Resources Division 

 Wildlife & Marine Resources Section 

 Ben Franklin Station 

 P.O. Box 7369 

 Washington, DC 20044-7369 

 Phone: (202) 305-0217 

 Fax: (202) 305-0275 

 Email: lawson.fite@usdoj.gov 

 

 Attorneys for Federal Defendants 

 /s/ George J. Mannina, Jr. (by LEF, as authorized 

 5/6/10)

 George J. Mannina, Jr. (D.C. Bar No. 316943) 

 Pro hac vice

 NOSSAMAN LLP 

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 1666 K St., N.W., Suite 500 

 Washington, D.C. 20006 

 (202) 887-1400 

 Fax: (202) 466-3215 

 gmannina@nossaman.com 

 

Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendants 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 

 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

The request to continue the May 24, 2010 case management conference is DENIED. The case 

management remains on calendar as previously scheduled. The parties shall file their joint case 

managemnet confernece statement by May 14, 2010. Dated: May 13, 2010

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