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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: 05:551 Administrative Procedure Act

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Stipulation 1 

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JEAN E. WILLIAMS 

Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

Environment and Natural Resources Division 

United States Department of Justice 

CORINNE SNOW (TX Bar No. 24083883) 

REBECCA JAFFE (NC Bar No. 40726) 

601 D St. NW, 3rd Floor 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

Tel: (202) 305-0258 

Fax: (202) 305-0506 

corinne.snow@usdoj.gov 

rebecca.jaffe@usdoj.gov 

Counsel for Federal Defendants 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

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U.S. BUREAU OF LAND 

MANAGEMENT, et al. 

 Defendants. 

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SIERRA CLUB, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

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RYAN ZINKE, et al. 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. 4:18-cv-00521-HSG (related) 

Case No. 4:18-cv-00524-HSG (related) 

STIPULATION 

 On August 2, 2018, the Parties stipulated that, inter alia, at the same time that the Federal 

Defendants lodged the administrative record, they would also separately serve the Parties with a 

privilege log and documents that Federal Defendants considered to be deliberative. ECF No. 78 ¶ 4. 

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Federal Defendants noted in the stipulation that they do not consider deliberative documents to be part 

of the administrative record, and Plaintiffs noted that they disagree with that position. Id. Federal 

Defendants agreed to serve the Parties with the privilege log and deliberative materials to facilitate 

efficient resolution of record disputes and they reserved the right to argue that those documents are not 

properly part of the administrative record while Plaintiffs reserved the right to argue that deliberative 

materials are part of the administrative record. Id. ¶ 5. Per the Court’s August 20, 2018 scheduling 

order, Plaintiffs must file any motions challenging the administrative record by December 10, 2018. 

ECF No. 82 at 2. Again, in order to facilitate efficient resolution of record disputes, the Parties stipulate 

as follows: 

1) The non-federal Parties reserve the right to argue that some or all deliberative materials are part 

of the administrative record, and Federal Defendants reserve the right to argue that deliberative 

materials are not part of the administrative record. 

2) During merits briefing, the Parties may cite deliberative documents, i.e., documents that Federal 

Defendants have identified as deliberative and placed into the Deliberative folder on the 

administrative record thumb drives that Federal Defendants served on all Parties. Federal 

Defendants have not served the Court with a copy of the Deliberative folder, and, therefore, the 

Parties will attach any deliberative documents they cite to their merits briefs. 

3) Federal Defendants may argue, during merits briefing, that citations to deliberative materials are 

improper because those materials are not part of the record. The Party submitting the citation 

may counter these arguments by arguing that deliberative materials are properly part of the 

administrative record. Federal Defendants stipulate that the non-federal Parties have not waived 

their right to cite deliberative materials by not filing a motion contending that deliberative 

materials are part of the administrative record by the December 10, 2018 deadline for record 

motions. The Parties stipulate that Federal Defendants retain the right to challenge any citation 

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to deliberative materials on grounds that they do not form part of the record, and the non-federal 

Parties retain the right to oppose any such challenge. 

4) Intervenor-Defendant State of Wyoming does not oppose this stipulation. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

JEAN E. WILLIAMS 

Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

 

Date: December 10, 2018 _/s/ Rebecca Jaffe ___ Rebecca Jaffe 

Trial Attorney 

Attorney for Federal Defendants 

Date: December 10, 2018 _/s/ Michael Freeman __ 

 Michael S. Freeman 

 Attorney for Plaintiffs 

Date: December 10, 2018 _/s/ George Torgun ___ 

 George Torgun 

 Attorney for Plaintiff California 

Date: December 10, 2018 /s/ Mark Barron 

 Mark Barron 

Attorney for Independent Petroleum Association of 

America and Western Energy Alliance 

Date: December 10, 2018 /s/ Timothy Sullivan 

 Timothy Sullivan 

Attorney for American Petroleum Institute 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATE: December 11, 2018 Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. 

 United States District Judge 

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