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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:4332 Environmental Policy - Coop of Agency Reports

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RONALD J. TENPAS

Assistant Attorney General 

Environment & Natural Resources Division

BARCLAY T. SAMFORD

Trial Attorney

Natural Resources Section

Environment & Natural Resources Division

U.S. Department of Justice

1961 Stout Street - 8th Floor

Denver, CO 80294

Telephone: (303) 844-1475

Facsimile: (303) 844-1350

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

DAVID T. SHELLEDY

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2702

Facsimile: (916) 554-2900

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

CALIFORNIA FORESTRY ASSOCIATION, )

et al., )

) No. CIV-S-05-0905 MCE/GGH 

Plaintiffs, ) 

) STIPULATION TO MODIFY 

v. ) BRIEFING SCHEDULE

) 

GAIL KIMBELL, Chief, United States Forest )

Service, et al., )

)

 Federal Defendants. )

______________________________________ ) (Related Cases) 

)

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, )

ex rel. BILL LOCKYER, Attorney General, ) No. CIV-S-05-0211 MCE/GGH

)

Plaintiff, ) 

)

v. )

) 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF )

AGRICULTURE, et al., ) 

)

Federal Defendants. )

______________________________________ ) 

)

SIERRA FOREST LEGACY et al., )

)

) No. CIV-S-05-0205 MCE/GGH

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Plaintiffs, )

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v. )

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MARK REY, in his official capacity as Under )

Secretary of Agriculture, et al., )

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Federal Defendants. )

______________________________________ )

The parties in these three related cases are currently briefing the question of the

appropriate remedy. In each case the Court has entered the parties’ stipulated briefing schedule.

[No. 05-0205, Dkt. No. 257; No. 05-0211, Dkt. No. 176; No. 05-0905, Dkt. No. 134]. The Court

has set a hearing on remedy in all three related cases for December 19, 2008. 

Under the existing schedule, Defendant and Defendant-Intervenors in Sierra Forest Legacy

v. Rey, No. 05-0205 MCE/GGH, are to submit their opening briefs on remedy on October 22,

2008, Plaintiffs are to reply by November 12, 2008, and Defendant and Defendant-Intervenors are

to submit their reply by November 26, 2008. [Dkt. No. 257, in Case No. 05-0205]. 

 Counsel for the parties in Sierra Forest Legacy v. Rey have conferred and agreed to

extend the deadline for Defendants’ opening brief by one week and to extend the deadline for

Plaintiffs’ reply brief by one week. Counsel for the parties in California v. U.S. Dep’t of Agric.,

No. 05-0211-MCE-GGH, and California Forestry Ass’n v. Bosworth, No. 05-0905-MCE-GGH,

have conferred and agreed to adjust the remaining deadlines in those cases so that the relative

order of the briefing in all three cases is maintained and the cases proceed in an orderly fashion.

This agreement allows completion of all briefing in all three cases prior to the scheduled

December 19, 2008 hearing. This agreement would not alter the hearing date set by the Court.

 NOW THEREFORE the undersigned stipulate as follows:

1. In the matter of Sierra Forest Legacy v. Rey, No. 05-0205 MCE/GGH, 

(A) Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors will file their opening brief no later than

October 29, 2008.

(B) Plaintiffs will file their reply no later than November 26, 2008.

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(C) Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors will file their final briefs no later than

December 10, 2008. The final briefs will not include any new declarations or new

arguments.

2. In the matter of California v. U.S. Dep’t of Agric., No. 05-0211-MCE-GGH,

(A) Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors will file their opening brief no later than

November 5, 2008.

(B) Plaintiffs will file their reply no later than November 26, 2008.

(C) Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors will file their final briefs no later than

December 12, 2008. The final briefs will not include any new declarations or new

arguments.

3. In the matter of California Forestry Ass’n v. Bosworth, No. 05-0905-MCE-GGH,

(A) Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors will file their opening brief no later than

November 17, 2008.

(B) Plaintiffs will file their reply no later than November 28, 2008.

(C) Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors will file their final briefs no later than

December 15, 2008. The final briefs will not include any new declarations or new

arguments.

4. All three matters remain set for hearing on December 19, 2008. Arguments will be based

on the briefs, declarations (if any), and the record, and no witness will be presented. 

Counsel may appear at the hearing by telephone.

Dated: October 20, 2008 Respectfully submitted,

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

DAVID T. SHELLEDY

Assistant United States Attorney

RONALD J. TENPAS

Assistant Attorney General 

Environment & Natural Resources Division

 /s/ Barclay T. Samford 

BARCLAY T. SAMFORD

Trial Attorney

Natural Resources Section

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Environment & Natural Resources Division

U.S. Department of Justice

1961 Stout Street - 8th Floor

Denver, CO 80294

Telephone: (303) 844-1475

Facsimile: (303) 844-1350

Clay.Samford@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendants in Sierra Nevada Forest Protection Campaign et al. v. Rey et al.,

CIV-S-05-0205 MCE/GGH, People of the State of California v. United States Department of

Agriculture, et al., CIV-S-05-0211 MCE/GGH, and California Forestry Association et al. v.

Kimbell et al., No. CIV-S-05-0905 MCE/GGH.

Dated: October 20, 2008 Respectfully submitted,

 /s/David B. Edelson 

DAVID B. EDELSON

840 Grizzly Peak Blvd

Berkeley, CA 94708

(510) 527-4116

GREGORY C. LOARIE

MICHAEL R. SHERWOOD

Earthjustice

426 17 Street, 5 Floor th th

Oakland, CA 94612

PATRICK GALLAGHER

Sierra Club Environmental Law Program

85 2 St., Fourth Floor nd

San Francisco, CA 94109-3441

Attorneys for Sierra Forest Legacy et al. Plaintiffs in Sierra Nevada Forest Protection Campaign et

al. v. Rey et al., CIV-S-05-0205 MCE/GGH, and Defendant-Intervenors in California Forestry

Association et al. v. Kimbell et al., No. CIV-S-05-0905 MCE/GGH. 

Dated: October 20, 2008 Respectfully Submitted

EDMUND G. BROWN, JR.

Attorney General 

SALLY MAGNANI KNOX

JAMIE JEFFERSON

Deputy Attorney General

 /s/ Janill L. Richards 

JANILL L. RICHARDS

Deputy Attorney General

1515 Clay Street, Suite 2000

Oakland, CA 94612-0550

Attorneys for PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ex. Rel. EDMUND G. BROWN JR.,

ATTORNEY GENERAL, plaintiff in People of the State of California v. United States

Department of Agriculture, et al., CIV-S-05-0211 MCE/GGH.

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Dated: October 20, 2008 Respectfully submitted,

Steven P. Rice (SBN 094321)

CROWELL & MORING LLP

3 Park Plaza

20th Floor

Irvine, CA 92614-8505

/s/ Thomas R. Lundquist 

Thomas R. Lundquist (D.C. Bar No. 968123, pro hac vice)

J. Michael Klise (D.C. Bar No. 412420; pro hac vice)

Steven P. Quarles (D.C. Bar No. 351668)

CROWELL & MORING LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004-2595

Attorneys for Plaintiffs California Forestry Ass’n and American Forest & Paper Ass’n in

California Forestry Association et al. v. Kimbell et al., No. CIV-S-05-0905 MCE/GGH; and

Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendants Tuolumne County Alliance for Resources & Environment, et

al. in Sierra Nevada Forest Protection Campaign et al. v. Rey et al., CIV-S-05-0205 MCE/GGH,

and People of the State of California v. United States Department of Agriculture, et al.,

CIV-S-05-0211 MCE/GGH

Dated: October 20, 2008 Respectfully submitted,

 /s/ Brain A. Kelly 

BRAIN A. KELLY

DUANE MORRIS, LLP

One Market St., Spear Tower, Suite 2000

San Francisco, CA 94105

 Attorney for California Ski Industry Association, Intervenor in Sierra Nevada Forest Protection

Campaign et al. v. Rey et al., CIV-S-05-0205 MCE/GGH, and People of the State of California v.

United States Department of Agriculture, et al., CIV-S-05-0211 MCE/GGH

Dated: October 20, 2008 Respectfully submitted

 /s/ Michael B. Jackson 

MICHAEL B. JACKSON

429 West Main St.

Quincy, CA

Attorney for Quincy Library Group and Plumas County, Intervenors in Sierra Nevada Forest

Protection Campaign et al. v. Rey et al., CIV-S-05-0205 MCE/GGH, People of the State of

California v. United States Department of Agriculture, et al., CIV-S-05-0211 MCE/GGH, and

Pacific Rivers Council v. United States Forest Service et al., CIV-S-05-0953 MCE/GGH.

Dated: October 20, 2008 Respectfully submitted,

 /s/ William J. Thomas 

WILLIAM J. THOMAS

Best Best & Krieger LLP 

400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1650 

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Sacramento, CA 95814 

Attorneys for California Cattlemen’s Association, Intervenor in Sierra Nevada Forest Protection

Campaign et al. v. Rey et al., CIV-S-05-0205 MCE/GGH, and People of the State of California v.

United States Department of Agriculture, et al., CIV-S-05-0211 MCE/GGH.

ORDER

Pursuant to the foregoing stipulation of the parties, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

1. In the matter of Sierra Forest Legacy v. Rey, No. 05-0205 MCE/GGH, 

(A) Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors will file their opening brief no later than

October 29, 2008.

(B) Plaintiffs will file their reply no later than November 26, 2008.

(C) Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors will file their final briefs no later than

December 10, 2008. The final briefs will not include any new declarations or new

arguments.

2. In the matter of California v. U.S. Dep’t of Agric., No. 05-0211-MCE-GGH,

(A) Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors will file their opening brief no later than

November 5, 2008.

(B) Plaintiffs will file their reply no later than November 26, 2008.

(C) Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors will file their final briefs no later than

December 12, 2008. The final briefs will not include any new declarations or new

arguments.

3. In the matter of California Forestry Ass’n v. Bosworth, No. 05-0905-MCE-GGH,

(A) Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors will file their opening brief no later than

November 17, 2008.

(B) Plaintiffs will file their reply no later than November 28, 2008.

(C) Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors will file their final briefs no later than

December 15, 2008. The final briefs will not include any new declarations or new

arguments.

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4. All three matters remain set for hearing on December 19, 2008. Arguments will be based

on the briefs, declarations (if any), and the record, and no witness will be presented. 

Counsel may appear at the hearing by telephone.

Dated: October 21, 2008

________________________________

MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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