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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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Page 1, STIP. TO ENLARGE TIME FOR FILING MOTION FOR FEES AND COSTS;

[PROPOSED] ORDER

Marc D. Fink pro hac vice (MN Bar # 343407)

Western Environmental Law Center

612 Alworth Building

306 Superior Street

Duluth, MN 55802

Tel: (218) 722-4130

Fax: (218) 722-4131

Rachel M. Fazio (CA Bar # 187580)

P.O. Box 697

Cedar Ridge, CA 95924

Tel: (530) 273-9290

Fax: (530) 273-9260

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Julia A. Jones

United States Department of Justice

Natural Resources Section

Ben Franklin Station

P.O. Box 663

Washington, D.C. 20044-0663

Tel: (202) 305-0436

Fax: (202) 514-8865

Attorney for Federal Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

CONSERVATION CONGRESS, ) Civil Case No. S-05-0093 DFL JFM

KLAMATH FOREST ALLIANCE, and )

CITIZENS FOR BETTER FORESTRY ) STIPULATION TO ENLARGE TIME

 ) FOR FILING MOTION FOR FEES AND

Plaintiffs, ) COSTS PURSUANT TO LOCAL RULE

) 54-293(a); [PROPOSED] ORDER

v. )

)

UNITES STATES FOREST SERVICE, )

)

Defendant. )

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Page 2, STIP. TO ENLARGE TIME FOR FILING MOTION FOR FEES AND COSTS;

[PROPOSED] ORDER

WHEREAS 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;”

WHEREAS the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”), 28 U.S.C. § 2412 is the statute

under which plaintiffs will seek attorneys fees and costs in this case;

WHEREAS EAJA provides that a party seeking an award of fees and other expenses may

apply for them “within 30 days of final judgment in the action,” and defines “final judgment” as

“a judgment that is final and not appealable;”

WHEREAS the judgment in this case becomes unappealable 60 days from the time of its

entry;

WHEREAS Federal Defendants have not yet determined whether they will appeal the

final judgment in this case;

WHEREAS Plaintiffs seek to clarify the timing for filing an EAJA motion for fees and

expenses pursuant to Local Rule 54-293(a);

NOW THEREFORE the parties 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 Local Rule

54-293(a) is hereby extended to be the same as the deadline for filing an application for fees

under EAJA. By entering into this stipulation, Federal Defendants do not waive any defenses as

to whether Plaintiffs are entitled to fees or costs.

Dated: July 14, 2005 /s/ Rachel M. Fazio

RACHEL M. FAZIO/MARC D. FINK

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: July 14, 2005 /s/ Julia A. Jones (as authorized on 7/13/05)

JULIA A. JONES

Attorney for Federal Defendants

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 7/15/2005 /s/ David F. Levi 

 DAVID F. LEVI

United States District Judge

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