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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:4321 Review of Agency Action-Environment

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STIPULATION REGARDING DEADLINE FOR FILING MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS 1

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DAVID B. EDELSON, State Bar No. 104390 

840 Grizzly Peak Blvd. 

Berkeley, CA 94708 

Telephone: 510/527-4116 

Facsimile: 510/527-4116 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

ALEX KRIEGSMAN 

Trial Attorney, Natural Resources Section 

Environment and Natural Resources Division 

U.S. Department of Justice 

P.O. Box 663 

Washington, D.C. 20044-0663 

Telephone: 202/305-3022 

Facsimile: 202/305-0506 

Attorney for Federal Defendants 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

SIERRA NEVADA FOREST PROTECTION 

CAMPAIGN, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

LAURIE TIPPIN, et al., 

Defendants, 

and 

SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES, 

Defendant-Intervenor. 

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Case No: 2:06-CV-00351-FCD-DAD 

STIPULATION REGARDING DEADLINE 

FOR FILING MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ 

FEES AND COSTS; ORDER 

Plaintiffs and Federal Defendants, by their undersigned attorneys, hereby stipulate as 

follows: 

On August 16, 2006, this Court issued judgment for Plaintiffs in this case. Civil Local Rule 

54-293(a) provides that “[m]otions for awards of attorneys’ fees to prevailing parties pursuant to 

statute shall be filed not later than thirty (30) days after entry of final judgment.” The Local Rule 

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does not specify whether that deadline relates to a non-appealable judgment. The Equal Access to 

Justice Act provides that a party seeking an award of attorneys’ fees and other expenses may apply 

for them “within thirty days of final judgment in the action,” 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(B), and defines 

“final judgment” as “a judgment that is final and not appealable,” 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(2)(G). The 

judgment in this case becomes non-appealable 60 days from the time of its entry. Federal 

Defendants have not yet determined whether they will appeal this Court’s judgment. 

The parties hereby stipulate and agree, subject to the approval of the Court, that the deadline 

for Plaintiffs to file a motion for attorneys’ fees and expenses under Civil Local Rule 54-293(a) shall 

be 30 days after this Court’s judgment is not appealable. Should Federal Defendants decide not to 

appeal this Court’s judgment, Plaintiffs’ motion for attorneys’ fees and costs would be due no later 

than November 14, 2006. Should Federal Defendants decide to appeal this Court’s judgment, the 

deadline for a fee motion would be extended to 30 days after judgment becomes final and nonappealable. 

By entering into this stipulation, Federal Defendants do not waive any defenses as to whether 

Plaintiffs are entitled to fees or costs. 

DATE: September 7, 2006 

 /s/ David B. Edelson

 David B. Edelson 

 Attorney for Plaintiffs 

 /s/ Alex Kriegsman

 Alex Kriegsman 

 Attorney for Federal Defendants 

IT IS SO ORDERED: 

DATE: September 11, 2006 /s/ Frank C. Damrell Jr. 

 HON. FRANK C. DAMRELL, JR. 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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