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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING

SCHEDULE FOR FEES ANDCOSTS

CASE NO. C 02-3805 EDL

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ANDREW B. SABEY (SBN 160416)

ROBIN S. STAFFORD (SBN 200950)

SARAH SCHINDLER (SBN 236414)

MORRISON & FOERSTERLLP

425 Market Street

San Francisco, California 94105-2482

Telephone: (415) 268-7000

Facsimile: (415) 268-7522 JOEL R. REYNOLDS (SBN 85276) 

ANDREW E. WETZLER (SBN 202299)

CARA A. HOROWITZ (SBN 220701)

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC.

1314 Second Street

Santa Monica, CA 90401

Telephone: (310) 434-2300

Facsimile: (310) 434-2399 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, 

INC.; THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE 

UNITED STATES; CETACEAN SOCIETY 

INTERNATIONAL; LEAGUE FOR COASTAL 

PROTECTION; OCEAN FUTURES SOCIETY; 

JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, 

INC.; THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED 

STATES; CETACEAN SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL; 

LEAGUE FOR COASTAL PROTECTION;OCEAN 

FUTURES SOCIETY; JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU Plaintiffs, v. 

CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ, SECRETARY OF THE 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; 

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE; 

WILLIAM HOGARTH, ASSISTANT 

ADMINISTRATOR FOR FISHERIES OF THE 

NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND 

ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; VICE 

ADMIRAL CONRAD C. LAUTENBACHER, JR., 

ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL 

OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 

ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES 

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY; GORDON R. 

ENGLAND, SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES 

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY; ADMIRAL VERN 

CLARK, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS Defendants.

Civil Action No. CV-02-03805-EDL

 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING BRIEFING 

AND HEARING SCHEDULE FOR 

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR 

ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS Judge: Hon. Elizabeth Laporte Ctrm: E 

Hearing Date: Time: 

March 13, 2007 

9:00 a.m.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING

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Pursuant to Local Rule 6-2, the parties, by and through their undersigned counsel, 

hereby stipulate to and respectfully request that the Court issue the following Order setting a 

briefing and hearing schedule for Plaintiffs’ motion for attorneys’ fees and costs.

RECITALS WHEREAS, on August 7, 2002, Plaintiffs filed this action alleging violations of the 

Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1544, the National Environmental Policy

Act (“NEPA”), 42 U.S.C. §§ 4321-4370f, and the Marine Mammal Protection Act (“MMPA”), 16 

U.S.C. 1371-1421h, and requesting injunctive relief to enjoin Defendants’ use of low-frequency 

active (“LFA”) sonar during peacetime training exercises; 

WHEREAS, on October 31, 2002, the District Court for the Northern District of 

California entered a Preliminary Injunction in favor of Plaintiffs; 

WHEREAS, on August 26, 2003, the District Court granted in part and denied in part both 

Plaintiffs’ and Defendants’ Motions for Summary Judgment and ordered the parties to meet and 

confer regarding the terms of a tailored permanent injunction; WHEREAS, the District Court approved and ordered the parties’ Stipulation Regarding 

Permanent Injunction on October 14, 2003, and entered Judgment under Rule 58 on October 27, 

2003; WHEREAS, on December 19, 2003, Defendants filed their Notice appealing the District 

Court’s decision to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; WHEREAS, on July 24, 2006, the Ninth Circuit dismissed Defendants-Appellants’ appeal 

for lack of standing, and Defendants-Appellants did not request Ninth Circuit rehearing or seek 

further review of the decision; WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred regarding Plaintiffs’ claims for fees and 

costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act (“EAJA”); 

WHEREAS on November 21, 2006, in order to comply with EAJA’s requirement that any 

claim for fees and costs must be filed within 30 days of final judgment, and consistent with the 

parties’ November 7, 2003 Stipulation filed in this case, Plaintiffs filed their Motion for Fees and 

Costs Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2412;

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING

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WHEREAS, in the interests of avoiding an undue expenditure of time and resources in 

litigating Plaintiffs’ EAJA claims, the parties agree that more time is necessary to meet and 

confer and exchange additional information as necessary to determine whether a mutually 

agreeable resolution of those claims is possible; 

THEREFORE THE PARTIES HEREBY STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS:

1. If the parties are unable to resolve Plaintiffs’ claims for fees and costs under 

EAJA, Plaintiffs may reasonably supplement their initial Motion for Fees and Costs with 

additional evidence and a supplemental memorandum of support not to exceed five (5) pages in 

length, to be filed and served by January 30, 2007.

2. Federal Defendants shall file and serve their Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for 

Fees and Costs and any supplementation thereto by February 20, 2007.

3. Plaintiffs shall file and serve any Reply by February 27, 2007.

4. Defendants do not, by stipulating, concede that Plaintiffs are entitled to fees or 

costs in any amount. Neither party waives any right of appeal by entering this stipulation.

5. Service will be by overnight mail and electronic mail.

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6. The parties ask that that the Court set a hearing on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Fees and Costs, 

if one is deemed necessary, on March 13, 2007, at 9:00 AM, or as soon thereafter as comports 

with the Court’s schedule. 

SO STIPULATED.

Respectfully submitted this 21st day of November, 2006. Dated: November 21, 2006 ANDREW B. SABEY

ROBIN S. STAFFORD SARAH B. SCHINDLER

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

JOEL R. REYNOLDS

ANDREW E. WETZLER 

CARA A. HOROWITZ NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC.

By: /s/ Robin S. Stafford

Robin S. Stafford Attorneys for Plaintiffs Dated: November 21, 2006 SUE ELLEN WOOLDRIDGE

Assistant Attorney General 

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL 

RESOURCES DIVISION JEAN WILLIAMS

Chief, Wildlife and Marine Resources Section

KRISTEN L. GUSTAFSON, Trial Attorney

Wildlife and Marine Resources Section 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 

DIVISION

Benjamin Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369 

Washington, D.C. 20530

(202) 305-0211 (phone) 

(202) 305-0275 (fax) By: /s/ Kristen L. Gustafson 

Kristen L. Gustafson 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

December 5, 2006

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

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