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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 16:1538 Endangered Species Act

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE JUNE 12, 2008 SCHEDULING CONFERENCE

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EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

Attorney General of the State of California

MARY E. HACKENBRACHT

Senior Assistant Attorney General

SARA J. RUSSELL

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

CLIFFORD T. LEE, State Bar No. 74687

Deputy Attorney General

DEBORAH A. WORDHAM, State Bar No. 180508

Deputy Attorney General

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004

Telephone: (415) 703-5546

Fax: (415) 703-5480

Email: Cliff.Lee@doj.ca.gov

Email: Deborah.Wordham@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for State Defendants

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

COALITION FOR A SUSTAINABLE DELTA,

BELRIDGE WATER STORAGE DISTRICT,

BERRENDA MESA WATER DISTRICT, LOST

HILLS WATER DISTRICT, WHEELER

RIDGE-MARICOPA WATER STORAGE

DISTRICT, AND DEE DILLON,

Plaintiffs,

v.

JOHN CARLSON, JR., in his capacity as

Executive Director of the California Fish and

Game Commission, RICHARD ROGERS, in his

official capacity as President of the California

Fish and Game Commission, CINDY

GUSTAFSON, in her official capacity as Vice

President of the California Fish and Game

Commission, JIM KELLOGG, in his official

capacity as Member of the California Fish and

Game Commission, MICHAEL SUTTON, in his

official capacity as Member of the California Fish

and Game Commission, CALIFORNIA FISH

AND GAME COMMISSION, JOHN

MCCAMMAN, in his official capacity as Interim

Director of the California Department of Fish and

Game, AND CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

FISH AND GAME,

Defendants.

No.: 1:08-CV-00397-OWW-GSA

STIPULATION AND ORDER RE

JUNE 12, 2008 SCHEDULING

CONFERENCE

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WHEREAS, on or about April 15, 2008, Central Delta Water Agency, South Delta

Water Agency, Honker Cut Marine, Inc., Rudy Mussi, and Robert Souza (Central Delta

applicants) filed a motion to intervene in the above entitled matter,

WHEREAS, on or about May 8, 2008, the defendants John Carlson, Jr., Richard

Rogers, Cindy Gustafson, Jim Kellogg, Michael Sutton, and John McCamman (State defendants)

filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings under Rule 12(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure in the above entitled matter, 

WHEREAS, on or about May 19, 2008, the California Sportfishing Protection

Alliance, the California Striped Bass Association, and the Northern California Council of

Federation of Flyfishers (Sportfishing applicants) filed a motion to intervene in the about entitled

matter,

WHEREAS, the Court has set June 2, 2008 as the hearing date to hear the Central

Delta applicants’ motion to intervene, and has set July 14, 2008 as the hearing date to hear the

State defendants’ Rule 12(c) motion for judgment on the pleadings and to hear the Sportfishing

applicants’ motion to intervene,

WHEREAS, the Court has set June 12, 2008 as the date for a scheduling conference

under Rule 16 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule 16-240, and

WHEREAS, the Court’s resolution of the pending motions described above will affect

the subjects and matters for consideration at the June 12, 2008 scheduling conference, including

but not limited to issues regarding the Court’s jurisdiction, the determination of the appropriate

parties to this action, the formulation and simplification of issues, the propriety of initial

disclosures under Rule 26 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the scope of discovery,

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby stipulated by and between the plaintiffs Coalition for

a Sustainable Delta, Belridge Water Storage District, Berrenda Mesa Water District, Lost Hills

Water District, Wheeler Ridge-Maricopa Water Storage District, and Dee Dillon and the State

defendants, through their respective counsel and subject to the approval of the Court, as follows:

1. The scheduling conference described in the May 2, 2008 Minute Order (Doc. No.

22) in the above entitled matter be continued from June 12, 2008 at 8:00 a.m. until 30 days after

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the Court has issued its ruling on the State defendants’ Rule 12(c) motion for judgment on the

pleadings, or as soon thereafter as the Court deems appropriate. 

2. This stipulation may be executed by way of counterpart signatures and/or by way

of facsimile signatures. 

Dated: May 21, 2008 EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

Attorney General of the State of 

California

By: /s/ Clifford T. Lee (auth. 5/21/08) 

Clifford T. Lee

Deborah A. Wordham

Deputy Attorneys General

Attorneys for the State Defendants

Dated: May 21, 2008 NOSSAMAN, GUTHNER, KNOX, &

ELLIOTT, LLP

ROBERT D. THORNTON

By: /s/ Paul S. Weiland (auth. 5/21/08)

Paul S. Weiland

Attorneys for the Plaintiffs

FOR GOOD CAUSE SHOWN,

It is ordered that the scheduling conference in the above entitled matter be continued to 

September 12, 2008 at 8:15 a.m. in Courtroom 3 before Judge Oliver W. Wanger.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 21, 2008 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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