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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: 16:1538 Endangered Species Act

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JOHN C. CRUDEN,

Assistant Attorney General

Environment & Natural Resources Division

SETH M. BARSKY, Chief

S. JAY GOVINDAN, Assistant Chief

ROBERT P. WILLIAMS, Sr. Trial Attorney 

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Wildlife & Marine Resources Section

Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7611

Washington, D.C. 20044-7611

Tel: 202-305-0206 | Fax: 202-305-0275

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

HOOPA VALLEY TRIBE,

Plaintiff,

v.

U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

 and

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES 

SERVICE,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 3:16-cv-04294-WHO

STIPULATED REQUEST TO ENLARGE 

TIME FOR FEDERAL DEFENDANTS’ 

REPLY IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION 

TO DISMISS (DN 33) AND TO CONTINUE 

THE HEARING DATE

Pursuant to Local Rule 6-2, Plaintiff Hoopa Valley Tribe, Defendants U.S. Bureau of 

Reclamation and National Marine Fisheries Service (“Federal Defendants”), and DefendantIntervenors Klamath Water Users Association, Sunnyside Irrigation District, and Ben DuVal 

hereby agree and stipulate to Federal Defendants’ request to enlarge the time for Federal 

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Defendants to file a reply in support of their motion to dismiss or, in the alternative, to stay (DN 

33), and also to continue the hearing on said motion. Currently, Federal Defendants’ reply is due 

by November 2, 2016 (DN 43), and the hearing is scheduled for December 7, 2016 (DN 46).

Good cause exists for enlarging the time for Federal Defendants’ reply given the 

complexity of the issues involved and the workload of undersigned counsel for Federal 

Defendants. In particular, on October 19, 2016, Plaintiff filed a 25-page opposition to Federal 

Defendants’ motion (DN 44), accompanied by a seven-page declaration (DN 44-1), and a notice 

of errata or, in the alternative, amendment of plaintiff’s first amended complaint (DN 45). 

Undersigned counsel for Federal Defendants was on work-related travel on October 25-26 and is 

lead counsel in several other matters that have required significant time commitments since 

October 19. Given this, the current deadline of November 2 does not afford sufficient time in 

which to adequately prepare Federal Defendants’ reply and secure the necessary internal review 

of the brief, both within the Defendant agencies as well as the Department of Justice.

Federal Defendants previously requested a one-week extension of the original deadline 

for their reply (i.e., from October 26 to November 2) so as to not potentially interfere with the 

then-scheduled hearing date of November 16 (DN 41 & 43); however, the hearing date has since 

been continued to December 7 (DN 46). In light of this, extending the deadline for Federal 

Defendants’ reply by an additional two weeks (i.e., from November 2 to November 16) will not 

interfere with the December 7 hearing date on Federal Defendants’ motion. 

In fact, good cause exists to further continue the hearing date on Federal Defendants’ 

motion from December 7 to January 11, 2017 because undersigned counsel for Federal 

Defendants will be out of the office on paternity leave for the month of December. 

WHEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate to Federal Defendants’ request to extend the 

time for them to file their reply brief in support of their motion to dismiss up to, and including, 

November 16, 2016, and to continue the hearing on Federal Defendants’ motion to January 11, 

2017 at 2 p.m.

Dated: October 28, 2016

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Respectfully submitted,

JOHN C. CRUDEN

Assistant Attorney General

United States Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

SETH M. BARSKY, Chief

S. JAY GOVINDAN, Assistant Chief

Wildlife & Marine Resources Section

/s/ Robert P. Williams

ROBERT P. WILLIAMS

Sr. Trial Attorney (SBN 474730 (DC))

Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7611

Washington, D.C. 20044-7611

Tel: (202) 305-0206 | Fax: (202) 305-0275

Email: robert.p.williams@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendants

/s/ Thomas P. Schlosser

Thomas P. Schlosser WSBA #06276

Thane D. Somerville WSBA #31468

MORISSET, SCHLOSSER, JOZWIAK & 

SOMERVILLE

Suite 1115, Norton Building

801 Second Avenue

Seattle, WA 98104-1509

Tel: 206-386-5200 / Fax: 206-386-7322

t.schlosser@msaj.com

t.somerville@msaj.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Hoopa Valley Tribe

/s/ Richard S. Deitchman

SOMACH SIMMONS & DUNN

A Professional Corporation

PAUL S. SIMMONS, ESQ. (SBN 127920)

RICHARD S. DEITCHMAN, ESQ. (SBN 287535)

KRISTIAN C. CORBY, ESQ. (SBN 296146)

500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1000

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 446-7979

Facsimile: (916) 446-8199

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psimmons@somachlaw.com

rdeitchman@somachlaw.com

kcorby@somachlaw.com

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors

KLAMATH WATER USERS ASSOCIATION, 

SUNNYSIDE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, and BEN 

DUVAL

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 28, 2016

WILLIAM H. ORRICK

United States District Judge

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