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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 05:551 Administrative Procedure Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DENNIS D. MURPHY, PH.D,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE; 

THOMAS TIDWELL, in his 

official capacity as Chief of 

the United States Forest 

Service; and NANCY J. GIBSON, 

in her official capacity as 

Forest Supervisor of the 

United States Forest Service,

Defendants.

No. 2:13-cv-02315-GEB-AC

STATUS (PRETRIAL SCHEDULING) 

ORDER

The status (pretrial scheduling) conference scheduled 

for hearing on May 4, 2015, is vacated since the parties’ Joint 

Status Report filed on April 20, 2015 (“JSR”) indicates the 

following Order should issue.

SERVICE, JOINDER OF ADDITIONAL PARTIES, AMENDMENT

No further service, joinder of parties or amendments to 

pleadings is permitted, except with leave of Court for good cause 

shown. 

CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

The parties state in the JSR that they “anticipate 

filing cross motions for summary judgment following the close of 

discovery[, and] . . . agree to the following schedule for such 

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motions: Plaintiff’s Motion December 10, 2015[;] Defendants’ 

Opposition and Cross Motion January 7, 2015[;] Plaintiff’s 

Opposition and Reply January 28, 2016[;] and Defendants’ Reply 

February 15, 2016.” (Id. at 2:10-15.)

The parties’ proposed briefing schedule for their cross 

motions for summary judgment is adopted. Those motions shall be 

noticed for hearing at 9:00 a.m. on March 7, 2016.

FURTHER STATUS CONFERENCE

In the event the referenced Cross Motions do not 

dispose of the case in its entirety, a further status conference 

is scheduled to commence at 9:00 a.m. on June 13, 2016. A joint 

status report shall be filed fourteen (14) days before the status 

conference, in which the parties shall address all pertinent 

subjects set forth in Local Rule 240(a).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 28, 2015

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