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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:4321 Review of Agency Action-Environment

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STIPULATED AGREEMENT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AS TO ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS –

Case No. C 02-2708 JCS

Deborah A. Sivas (CA Bar No. 135446)

Holly D. Gordon (CA Bar No. 226888)

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL

LAW CLINIC

Crown Quadrangle

559 Nathan Abbott Way

Stanford, California 94305-8610

Telephone: (650) 725-8571

Facsimile: (650) 723-4426

Attorneys for Plaintiffs ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

INFORMATION CENTER and AMERICAN LANDS ALLIANCE

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ) Case No. C 02-2708 JCS

INFORMATION CENTER and )

AMERICAN LANDS ALLIANCE, ) STIPULATED AGREEMENT 

) AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AS 

Plaintiffs, ) TO ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND

) COSTS

v. )

)

UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, )

)

Defendant. )

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STIPULATED AGREEMENT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AS TO ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS –

Case No. C 02-2708 JCS -1-

In the interests of judicial economy, to avoid litigating a request for attorneys’ fees and

costs, the parties hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

1. Defendant will pay Plaintiffs a lump sum total of forty-nine thousand dollars

($49,000) in full and complete satisfaction of any and all claims for attorneys’ fees

and costs for the remedy portion of the above captioned matter through and including

the date this stipulation is approved by the Court. Payment shall be made within

sixty (60) days of the date this stipulation is approved by the Court. Payment in that

amount shall be made to the Stanford Legal Clinic - 559 Nathan Abbott Way,

Stanford, CA 94305. Nothing in this stipulation shall be interpreted as, or shall

constitute, a commitment or requirement that Defendant obligate or pay funds, or

take any other action in contravention of the Anti-Deficiency Act, 31 U.S.C. § 1341,

or any other applicable appropriations law.

2. Plaintiffs agree that receipt of this payment from Defendant shall operate as a release

of any and all claims of attorneys’ fees and costs that Plaintiffs may seek to pursue in

this matter through the date of this Agreement.

3. The undersigned representatives of the parties certify that they are fully authorized

by the party or parties whom they represent to enter into the terms and conditions of

this Stipulated Agreement and to legally bind the parties to it.

4. This Stipulated Agreement does not constitute an admission by any party to any fact,

claim, or defense on any issue in this lawsuit. Nothing in this Stipulation shall be

construed as an admission that the position of the Defendant in this litigation was not

substantially justified. 

5. This Stipulation represents the entirety of the Parties’ commitments with regard to

settlement. The terms of this agreement shall become effective upon approval by the 

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STIPULATED AGREEMENT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AS TO ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS –

Case No. C 02-2708 JCS -2-

 Court of this Stipulated Agreement.

Respectfully Submitted,

______/s/_______________

Dated: Holly D. Gordon

Deborah A. Sivas

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL 

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CLINIC

Crown Quadrangle

559 Nathan Abbott Way

Stanford, California 94305-8610

Telephone: (650) 725-8571

Facsimile: (650) 723-4426

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Sue Ellen Wooldridge

Assistant Attorney General

Environment and Natural Resources

 Division

__/s/ (as authorized 1/16/07) 

Cynthia S. Huber

Senior Attorney

Natural Resources Section

Environment and Natural Resources

 Division

U.S. Department of Justice

P.O. Box 663

Washington, D.C. 20044

(202) 514-5273

Kevin V. Ryan (SBN 118321)

United States Attorney

Northern District of California

Charles M. O’Connor (SBN 56320)

Assistant United States Attorney

Northern District of California

450 Golden Gate Avenue

P.O. Box 36055

San Francisco, CA 94102

(415) 436-7180

Attorneys For Defendant

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STIPULATED AGREEMENT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER AS TO ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS –

Case No. C 02-2708 JCS -3-

[PROPOSED] ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the foregoing proposed stipulation for attorneys’ fees

and costs is granted.

Dated: _______________________ ________________________

Judge Joseph C. Spero

January 16, 2007

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Joseph C. Spero

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