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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:7413(b) Clean Air Act

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JOINT STIPULATION

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JOHN C. CRUDEN 

Assistant Attorney General 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

DEBRA J. CARFORA 

Trial Attorney 

United States Department of Justice 

Environmental Defense Section 

P.O. Box 7611 

Washington, D.C. 20044-7611 

Tel: (202) 514-2640 

Fax: (202) 514-8865 

debra.carfora@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant 

[Additional counsel listed on signature page] 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 

et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

GINA McCARTHY, in her official capacity 

as the Administrator of the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Defendant.

Case No. 4:15-cv-4663-SBA 

JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

DEADLINE FOR ANSWER,

CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER

Pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2, Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity, Center for 

Environmental Health, and Neighbors for Clean Air and Defendant Gina McCarthy in her 

official capacity as the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection 

Agency (“EPA”) hereby stipulate to and request an order continuing the case 

management conference currently scheduled for January 6, 2016 and extending the 

MODIFIED

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deadline for Defendant’s Answer to February 15, 2016. In support of this stipulation, the 

parties state the following: 

The Court entered an order setting this matter for a case management conference 

at 2:30 PM on January 6, 2016. Dk. #5. Subsequently, on November 25, 2015, the 

parties had an initial discussion about resolving this case. This discussion resulted in a 

significant narrowing of the claims at issue and led the parties to conclude that they may 

be able to resolve this case without dispositive motions or a trial. Plaintiffs intend to 

amend the complaint to reflect the narrowing of the claims at issue and to add one new 

claim. Meanwhile, the parties will continue their settlement discussions.

The parties have not previously requested any extensions in this case.

Therefore, in light of the fact that parties may be able to resolve this case without 

the need for dispositive motions or a trial, the parties stipulate to and request an order 

continuing the case management conference indefinitely and extending the answer due 

date to February 15, 2016. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Date: December 7, 2015 

JOHN C. CRUDEN 

Assistant Attorney General 

Environment and Natural Resources Division 

/s/ Debra J Carfora

DEBRA J. CARFORA 

Trial Attorney 

United States Department of Justice 

Environmental Defense Section 

P.O. Box 7611 

Washington, D.C. 20044-7611 

Tel: (202) 514-2640 

Fax: (202) 514-8865 

debra.carfora@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant 

Date: December 7, 2015 

/s/ Robert Ukeiley 

ROBERT UKEILEY (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

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Law Office of Robert Ukeiley 

255 Mountain Meadows Road 

Boulder, CO 80302 

Tel: (303) 442-4033 

rukeiley@igc.org

Jonathan Evans (Cal. Bar #247376) 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 

1212 Broadway 

Suite 800 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Phone: 510-844-7100 x318 

Fax: 510-844-7150 

email: jevans@biologicaldiversity.org

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

 Pursuant to Stipulation, IT IS ORDERED that the deadline for Defendant’s 

Answer is hereby extended to February 15, 2016 and the Case Management Conference 

is indefinitely continued. 

 DATED this ______ day of ___________, 2015. 

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SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG 

United States District Judge 

continued to April 6, 2016, at 2:30 PM. 

08 December

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