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Nature of Suit Code: 899
Nature of Suit: Other Statutes - Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision
Cause of Action: 46:1156 Administrative Procedure Act

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO STAY CLAIMS

Case No. 4:16-cv-00688-SBA (KAW)

1078501

KEKER & VAN NEST LLP

JEFFREY R. CHANIN - # 103649

jchanin@kvn.com

DAVID W. RIZK - # 284376

drizk@kvn.com

633 Battery Street

San Francisco, CA 94111-1809

Telephone: 415 391 5400 

Facsimile: 415 397 7188

ADVOCATES FOR THE WEST

LAURENCE (“LAIRD”) J. LUCAS - # 124854

llucas@advocateswest.org

ELIZABETH H. ZULTOSKI – (pro hac vice)

ezultoski@advocateswest.org

P.O. Box 1612

Boise, ID 83701

Telephone: 208 342 7024

Facsimile: 208 342 8286

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

RESOURCE RENEWAL INSTITUTE, 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, 

and WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

RESOURCE RENEWAL INSTITUTE, 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL 

DIVERSITY, and WESTERN 

WATERSHEDS PROJECT,

Plaintiffs,

v.

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, a federal 

agency, and CICELY MULDOON, in her 

official capacity as Superintendent of Point 

Reyes National Seashore,

Defendants.

Case No. 4:16-cv-00688-SBA (KAW)

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

TO STAY CLAIMS

Judge: Hon. Saundra Brown Armstrong

Date Filed: February 10, 2016

Trial Date: None set

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Plaintiffs RESOURCE RENEWAL INSTITUTE, CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, 

and WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT, and Defendants NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, and 

CICELY MULDOON IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SUPERINTENDENT OF POINT REYES 

NATIONAL SEASHORE (collectively, the “Parties”), through their undersigned counsel hereby jointly 

stipulate and respectfully request that the Court: (1) stay Claims Two and Three under the terms 

described below; and (2) order that, if and when stay is lifted, Defendants shall file an answer within 21 

days of reinstatement or amendment of these Claims, whichever is later. The Parties jointly declare in 

support of these stipulated requests:

WHEREAS, the Court issued an Order on Friday, July 15, 2016, denying Defendants’ Motion 

to Dismiss, and granting Defendants’ Alternative Motion for a More Definite Statement, ECF No. 49;

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs intend to file a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) no later than August 

5, 2016, pursuant to the Court’s Order; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs intend to file a Motion for Preliminary Injunctive Relief on August 12, 

2016, under Claim One, and the Parties have stipulated to, and the Court has ordered, a briefing schedule 

for submission of the Motion as to Claims Two and Three, ECF No. 54;

WHEREAS, the Court issued an Order on July 22, 2016, stating the Court’s intention to refer 

this action to a magistrate judge for a mandatory settlement conference to be scheduled on an expedited 

basis, and ordering the Parties to file a list of preferred magistrate judges by July 27, 2016;

WHEREAS, the Parties believe that staying Claims Two and Three will conserve judicial 

resources, save the Parties’ time and expense, and would avoid proceedings on Claims Two and Three

which may be unnecessary;

WHEREAS the Parties’ Stipulated stay on Claims Two and Three will not alter the date of any 

existing deadline or event set by Court order, including the deadline for Defendants’ production of the 

Administrative Records on July 29, 2016, and August 26, 2016, ECF No. 34;

NOW THEREFORE, the Parties through their respective attorneys stipulate and jointly request 

that the Court stay Claims Two and Three on the following terms:

1. The stay of Claims Two and Three shall go into effect on August 6, 2016, after Plaintiffs 

have filed a FAC to provide a more definite statement on Claims Two and Three, except that the entry 

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of the stay shall not apply to or stay Defendants’ production of the administrative record on Claims Two 

and Three, on the terms ordered by the Court, ECF No. 34, or any further proceedings as to the 

sufficiency of that record; 

2. Nothing in this Stipulation shall have any effect on Claim One;

3. Plaintiffs, in their sole discretion, but after notice to, and meeting and conferring with, 

Defendants, may (1) seek leave to lift the stay and reinstate either or both of Claims Two and Three, and 

if necessary, (2) seek leave to further amend or supplement the FAC if the ranching authorizations 

identified in the FAC have been superseded; and,

4. In the event the stay is lifted, Defendants shall file an Answer within 21 days of (1) an 

order reinstating Claims Two and Three, or (2) the filing of a Supplemental and/or Amended complaint 

other than the FAC, as set forth in Paragraph 3, whichever is later.

SO STIPULATED AND AGREED.

Dated: July 26, 2016

By:

KEKER & VAN NEST LLP

/s/ Jeffrey R. Chanin

JEFFREY R. CHANIN

DAVID W. RIZK

LAURENCE (“LAIRD”) J. LUCAS 

ELIZABETH H. ZULTOSKI (pro hac vice)

ADVOCATES FOR THE WEST

P.O. Box 1612

Boise, ID 83701

Telephone: 208 342 7024

Facsimile: 208 342 8286

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

RESOURCE RENEWAL INSTITUTE, 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, 

and WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT

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Dated: July 26, 2016

By:

JOHN C. CRUDEN

Assistant Attorney General

Environment & Natural Resources Division

/s/ Joe Mathews

JOSEPH T. MATHEWS (Colo. Bar No. 42865)

Trial Attorney

Environment & Natural Resources Division

United States Department of Justice

P.O. Box 7611

Ben Franklin Station

Washington, DC 20044-7611

Telephone: (202) 305-0432

Facsimile: (202) 305-0506

Email: caitlin.imaki@usdoj.gov

joseph.mathews@usdoj.gov

BRIAN J. STRETCH

United States Attorney

/s/ Michael T. Pyle

MICHAEL T. PYLE (Cal. Bar No. 172954)

Assistant United States Attorney

150 Almaden Boulevard, Suite 900 

San Jose, California 95113

Telephone: (408) 535-5087

Facsimile: (408) 535-5081

Email: michael.t.pyle@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendants 

NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, and 

CICELY MULDOON IN HER OFFICIAL 

CAPACITY AS SUPERINTENDENT OF 

POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE

CERTIFICATION OF CONCURRENCE FROM OTHER PARTIES

I, Michael T. Pyle, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file this 

Stipulation. In compliance with N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that each of the signatories 

has concurred in the filing of this document and has authorized the use of his or her electronic signature.

Dated: July 26, 2016 /s/ Michael T. Pyle

MICHAEL T. PYLE

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. July ___, 2016.

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THE HONORABLE SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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