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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 AND ORDER REVISING BRIEFING SCHEDULE 

AND SETTING PAGE LIMITS — 1:06-CV-245 OWW LJO 

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MICHAEL R. SHERWOOD, State Bar No. 63702 

ANDREA A. TREECE, State Bar No. 237639 

Earthjustice 

426 17th Street, 5th Floor 

Oakland, CA 94612 

msherwood@earthjustice.org

atreece@earthjustice.org

Telephone: (510) 550-6725 

Facsimile: (510) 550-6749 

TRENT W. ORR, State Bar No. 077656 

953 Clayton Street, #5 

San Francisco, CA 94117 

torr@earthjustice.org

Telephone: 415/665-2185 

Facsimile: 415/665-2592 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

HAMILTON CANDEE, State Bar No. 111376 

KATHERINE POOLE, State Bar No. 195010 

Natural Resources Defense Council 

111 Sutter St., 20th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

hcandee@nrdc.org; kpoole@nrdc.org

Telephone: 415/875-6100 

Facsimile: 415/875/6161 

Attorneys for Plaintiff NRDC 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PACIFIC COAST FEDERATION OF 

FISHERMEN’S ASSOCIATIONS/INSTITUTE 

FOR FISHERIES RESOURCES, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ, in his official 

capacity as Secretary of Commerce et al., 

 Defendants. 

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER 

AUTHORITY, et al., 

 Defendant-Intervenors. 

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Case No. 1:06-CV-245 OWW LJO 

STIPULATION AND ORDER REVISING 

BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND SETTING PAGE 

LIMITS 

Date: August 27, 2007 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: 3 

Judge: Hon. Oliver W. Wanger 

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WHEREAS, on January 10, 2007, the Court entered a Scheduling Conference Order in 

which, among other things, the Court established a schedule for the filing and briefing of motions 

and cross-motions for summary judgment, but did not set page limits for said briefing, and 

WHEREAS at the hearing on various matters on May 11, 2007, the parties discussed with the Court 

the matter of page limits and also extending the dates that certain briefs shall be due, NOW 

THEREFORE it is hereby stipulated and agreed by the parties, subject to approval by the Court, that 

the briefing schedule shall be modified as follows: 

May 25, 2007: Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and brief in support thereof 

due, said brief to be no longer than 50 pages. 

June 22, 2007: Federal Defendants’ cross-motion for summary judgment and brief in 

support thereof and in opposition to plaintiffs’ motion for summary 

judgment due, said brief to be no longer than 50 pages. 

Defendant-intervenors San Luis-Delta Mendota Water Authority and 

Westlands Water District (“Westlands”) and California Farm Bureau 

Federation (“Farm Bureau”)s’ cross-motion for summary judgment 

and brief in support thereof and in opposition to plaintiffs’ motion for 

summary judgment due. Westlands and Farm Bureau shall file a 

single joint brief, said brief to be no longer than 25 pages. 

Defendant-intervenor State Water Contractors’ (“SWC”) cross-motion 

for summary judgment and brief in support thereof and in opposition 

to plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment due, said brief to be no 

longer than 25 pages. 

July 13, 2007: Plaintiffs’ reply brief and opposition to Defendant parties’ crossmotions due, said brief to be no longer than 70 pages. 

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July 27, 2007: Federal Defendants’ reply due, said reply to be no longer than 30 

pages. 

Westlands, Farm Bureau, and SWC shall jointly file a single reply 

brief that shall be no longer than 20 pages. 

August 27, 2007 at 10 a.m.: Hearing on motions for summary judgment. 

Briefing will address the question of Federal Defendants' liability on the merits, with any 

briefing necessary to address the question of remedies to follow the Court's decision on liability. 

Respectfully submitted, 

DATED: May 22, 2007 /s/ Michael R. Sherwood 

MICHAEL R. SHERWOOD 

ANDREA A. TREECE 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

SUE ELLEN WOOLDRIDGE, 

Assistant Attorney General 

United States Department of Justice 

Environment and Natural Resources Division 

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief 

SETH M. BARSKY, Assistant Chief 

/s/ William Shapiro (authorized 5/21/ /07)

KEITH RIZZARDI, Trial Attorney 

Wildlife and Marine Resources Section 

Benjamin Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369 

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369 

Telephone: (202) 305-0207 

Facsimile: (202) 305-0275 

WILLIAM SHAPIRO, Trial Attorney 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

U.S. Department of Justice 

501 I Street, Suite 9-700 

Sacramento, CA 95814-2322 

Attorneys for Federal Defendants 

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/s/ Daniel J. O’Hanlon (authorized 5/21//07)

DANIEL J. O’HANLON 

JON D. RUBIN 

Attorneys for Intervenors San Luis & Delta-Mendota 

Water Authority and Westland Water District 

/s/ Christian C. Scheuring (authorized 5/21/07)

BRENDA WASHINGTON DAVIS 

CHRISTOPHER H. BUCKLEY, JR. 

CHRISTIAN C. SCHEURING 

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER 

Attorneys for Intervenors 

California Farm Bureau Federation 

/s/ Andrew M. Hitchings (authorized 5/21/07)

ANDREW M. HITCHINGS 

Attorney for Intervenors 

Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, et al.

/s/ Gregory Wilkinson (authorized 5/21/07)

GREGORY WILKINSON 

Attorney for Intervenors State Water Contractors 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 5/23/2007 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger

HONORABLE OLIVER W. WANGER 

United States District Judge 

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