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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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Joint Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Regarding Page Limits on Summary Judgment Briefing 

Case No. 3:06 CV 04884 SI 

Lisa T. Belenky (CA Bar No. 203225) 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 

1095 Market St., Suite 511 

San Francisco, CA 94103 

Telephone: (415) 436-9682 x 307 

Facsimile: (415) 436-9683 

Email: lbelenky@biologicaldiversity.org

Deborah A. Sivas (CA Bar No. 135446) 

Leah J. Russin (CA Bar No. 225336) 

Environmental Law Clinic 

MILLS LEGAL CLINIC 

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL 

Crown Quadrangle 

559 Nathan Abbott Way 

Stanford, California 94305-8610 

Telephone: (650) 723-0325 

Facsimile: (650) 723-4426 

Email: dsivas@stanford.edu

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, 

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, and Desert 

Survivors 

Additional Parties and Counsel Listed on Signature Page 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL 

DIVERSITY, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 

et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 3:06 CV 04884 SI 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING PAGE LIMITS ON 

SUMMARY JUDGMENT BRIEFING 

Summary Judgment Hearing 

Date: March 14, 2008 

Time: 9:00 am 

Courtroom: 10, 17th Floor 

Judge: Hon. Susan Illston 

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WHEREAS, the Court’s Order dated June 25, 2007, approving the Parties’ Joint 

Stipulation to Continue Briefing Schedule and Hearing Date on Motions to Supplement the 

Administrative Record, Docket # 65, anticipates that Plaintiffs will move for summary 

adjudication of all claims in this matter on or before November 16, 2007, Federal Defendants and 

Intervenors may file cross-motions and responses on or before January 4, 2008, Plaintiffs may file 

responses and replies on or before February 2, 2008, and Federal Defendants and Intervenors may 

file final replies on or before February 22, 2008, with hearing on the cross-motions set for 

March 14, 2008. 

WHEREAS, pursuant to this Court’s Order Re: Intervention by AMA District 37 et al. 

and California Association of 4-Wheel Drive Clubs et al., Docket # 46, the two sets of Amici will 

together be entitled to file a brief on the merits with the same total number of pages (in their 

combined brief or separate briefs) as the Parties’ briefs. 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs, Federal Defendants, Defendant-Intervenors, and Amici have met 

and conferred regarding the lengths of briefs to be filed and have reached an agreement. 

WHEREAS, as set forth in the Joint Case Management Statement and 26(f) Report filed 

January 12, 2007 at 1-2, Docket # 28, there are two separate sets of claims included in the First 

Amended Complaint. 

Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, Public Employees for 

Environmental Responsibility, and Desert Survivors have brought four claims for relief against 

both the Bureau of Land Management and the Fish and Wildlife Service under the Federal Land 

Policy and Management Act (“FLPMA”), the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), 

various executive orders, and the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”). The ESA claims involve both 

the Western Mojave Plan area (“WEMO”) and the Northern and Eastern Colorado Desert area 

(“NECO”) of the California Desert Conservation Area. 

The second group of Plaintiffs — Alliance for Responsible Recreation, The Wilderness 

Society, the California Wilderness Coalition, Friends of Juniper Flats, Western San Bernardino 

Landowners Association, the California Native Plant Society, and Community ORV Watch — 

have joined only in the FLPMA and NEPA claims against the Bureau of Land Management 

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relating only to the WEMO Plan area. 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs, therefore, intend to file two separate motions for summary 

adjudication, one joined by all Plaintiffs and the other joined only by the Plaintiffs bringing ESA 

claims as follows: 

1. The motion on the First and Second Claims for Relief in the Complaint will be 

joined by all Plaintiffs and seek summary adjudication of these claims against the Bureau of Land 

Management (“NEPA/FLPMA motion”). Plaintiffs seek an additional 10 pages over the usual 25 

page limit (see Local Rule 7-4(b)) for a total of 35 pages for their opening brief based on the 

complexity of the claims and the large factual record, comprising some 7,000 documents, upon 

which those claims are based. 

2. The motion on the Endangered Species Act claims, the Third and Fourth Claims 

for Relief in the Compliant, will be filed by Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra 

Club, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, and Desert Survivors and seek 

summary adjudication of these claims against both the Bureau of Land Management and the Fish 

and Wildlife Service regarding compliance with the ESA (“ESA motion”). Plaintiffs do not seek 

any additional pages for this brief above the usual 25 page limit. See Local Rule 7-4(b). 

WHEREAS Federal Defendants, Defendant-Intervenors, and Amici maintain that (1) the 

Plaintiffs should file a single brief addressing all claims pleaded in the single First Amended 

Complaint filed collectively by all Plaintiffs, (2) the briefing on all claims reasonably can be 

addressed by a single brief that conforms to the page limits in the Local Rules, but (3), in the 

interest of reaching agreement over this issue, the Federal Defendants, Defendant-Intervenors, 

and Amici are willing to acquiesce in the Plaintiffs’ desire to file overlength briefing, provided 

that the Federal Defendants, Defendant-Intervenors, and Amici all are afforded equal numbers of 

pages to present their positions and reserving the right to each file consolidated briefs on all four 

claims, rather than separate briefs on the NEPA/FLPMA claims and the ESA claims. 

Accordingly, the Plaintiffs, Federal Defendants, Defendant-Intervenors, and Amici

stipulate to the following page limits: 

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A. NEPA/FLPMA motion (Summary adjudication of Claims One and Two) 

Plaintiffs’ Opening brief: up to 35 pages 

Plaintiffs’ Response and Reply: up to 35 pages 

B. ESA motion (Summary adjudication of Claims Three and Four) 

Plaintiffs’ Opening brief: up to 25 pages 

Plaintiffs’ Response and Reply: up to 25 pages 

C. Federal Defendants, Defendant-Intervenors, and Amici motions (All Claims) 

Federal Defendants’ Cross-motion and response: up to 60 pages in a single brief 

or separate briefs of 35 pages for NEPA/FLPMA and 25 pages for ESA; 

Defendant-Intervenors’ Cross-motions and responses: up to 60 pages in a single 

brief or separate briefs of 35 pages for NEPA/FLPMA and 25 pages for ESA; and 

Amicus brief(s): up to a total of 60 pages combined between the two amici. 

D. Federal Defendants, Defendant-Intervenors, and Amici replies (All Claims) 

Federal Defendants’ reply: up to 60 pages in a single brief 

or separate briefs of 35 pages for NEPA/FLPMA and 25 pages for ESA; 

Defendant-Intervenors’ replies: up to 60 pages in a single brief 

or separate briefs of 35 pages for NEPA/FLPMA and 25 pages for ESA; 

Amicus will seek leave of the court if they feel it is necessary to file replies. 

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Dated: October 18, 2007 /s/ Lisa T. Belenky 

Lisa T. Belenky (CA Bar No. 203225) 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 

1095 Market St., Suite 511 

San Francisco, CA 94103 

Telephone: (415) 436-9682 x 307 

Facsimile: (415) 436-9683 

Email: lbelenky@biologicaldiversity.org

Deborah A. Sivas (CA Bar No. 135446) 

Leah J. Russin (CA Bar No. 225336) 

Environmental Law Clinic 

MILLS LEGAL CLINIC 

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL 

Crown Quadrangle 

559 Nathan Abbott Way 

Stanford, California 94305-8610 

Telephone: (650) 723-0325 

Facsimile: (650) 723-4426 

Email: dsivas@stanford.edu

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Center for Biological 

Diversity, Sierra Club, Public Employees for 

Environmental Responsibility, and Desert 

Survivors

/s/ Robert B. Wiygul 

Robert B. Wiygul (LA Bar # 17411) pro hac vice

Waltzer & Associates 

1025 Division Street, Suite C 

Biloxi, Mississippi 39530 

Telephone: (228) 374-0700 

Facsimile: (228) 374-0725 

Email: robert@waltzerlaw.com

Paul P. “Skip” Spaulding, III (CA Bar No. 83922) 

David J. Lazerwitz (CA Bar No. 221349) 

dlazerwitz@fbm.com

Andrew W. Ingersoll (CA Bar No. 221348) 

AIngersoll@fbm.com

Sky C. Stanfield, Esq. (CA Bar No. 244966) 

sstanfield@fbm.com

Farella Braun & Martel LLP 

235 Montgomery Street, 17th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 954-4400 

Facsimile: (415) 954-4480 

Counsel for Plaintiffs Alliance for Responsible 

Recreation, The Wilderness Society, the 

California Wilderness Coalition, Friends of 

Juniper Flats, Western San Bernardino 

Landowners Association, the California Native 

Plant Society, and Community ORV Watch 

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Dated: October 18, 2007 /s/ Charles R. Shockey 

CHARLES R. SHOCKEY (DC Bar No. 914879) 

U. S. Department of Justice 

Environment and Natural Resources Division 

Natural Resources Section 

501 “I” Street, Suite 9-700 

Sacramento, CA 95814-2322 

Telephone: (916) 930-2203 

Facsimile: (916) 930-2210 

Email: charles.shockey@usdoj.gov

MICHAEL R. EITEL (Neb. Bar No. 22889) 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

Wildlife & Marine Resources Section 

1961 Stout Street, Suite DN 812 

Denver, CO 80294 

Telephone: (303) 844-1479 

Facsimile: (303) 844-1350 

Attorney for Federal Defendants, BLM, et al. 

Dated: October 18, 2007 

/s/ Paul A. Turcke 

Paul A. Turcke pro hac vice

Moore Smith Buxton & Turcke 

950 Bannock Street, Suite 500 

Boise, Idaho 83702 

Telephone: (208) 331-1800 

Facsimile: (208) 331-1202 

Email: PAT@msbtlaw.com

Attorney for Amici-Defendant-Intervenors 

California Association of 4 Wheel Drive Clubs, 

United Four Wheel Drive Associations and the 

BlueRibbon Coalition 

Dated: October 18, 2007 

/s/ David P.Hubbard 

David P. Hubbard (CA Bar No. 148660) 

960 Canterbury Place 

Escondido, California 92025 

Telephone: (760) 432-9917 

Facsimile: (760) 743-9926 

Email: dph@ecobalance.biz

Attorney for Amici-Defendant-Intervenors AMA 

District 37; California Off Road Vehicle 

Association; Off Road Business Association; San 

Diego Off Road Coalition: American Sand 

Association 

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Dated: October 18, 2007 /s/ J. Michael Klise 

J. Michael Klise (pro hac vice) 

Steven P. Quarles (D.C. Bar No. 351668) 

Thomas R. Lundquist (D.C. Bar. No. 968123) 

CROWELL & MORING LLP 

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20004-2595 

Tel: (202) 624-2500 

Fax: (202) 628-5116 

Email: Jmklise@crowell.com

Steven P. Rice (SBN 094321) 

CROWELL & MORING LLP 

3 Park Plaza, 20th Floor 

Irvine, CA 92614-8505 

Tel: (949) 263-8400 

Fax: (949) 263-8414 

Srice@crowell.com

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors Kern 

County, San Bernardino County, Imperial 

County, and QuadState Local Governments 

Authority 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER 

GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, the page limits agreed to by the parties for the motions for 

summary adjudication of all claims in this action are adopted as follows: 

A. NEPA/FLPMA motion (Summary adjudication of Claims One and Two) 

Plaintiffs’ Opening brief: up to 35 pages 

Plaintiffs’ Response and Reply: up to 35 pages 

B. ESA motion (Summary adjudication of Claims Three and Four) 

Plaintiffs’ Opening brief: up to 25 pages 

Plaintiffs’ Response and Reply: up to 25 pages 

C. Federal Defendants, Defendant-Intervenors, and Amici motions (All Claims) 

Federal Defendants’ Cross-motion and response: up to 60 pages in a single brief 

or separate briefs of 35 pages for NEPA/FLPMA and 25 pages for ESA; 

Defendant-Intervenors’ Cross-motions and responses: up to 60 pages in a single 

brief or separate briefs of 35 pages for NEPA/FLPMA and 25 pages for ESA; and 

Amicus brief(s): up to a total of 60 pages combined between the two amici. 

D. Federal Defendants, Defendant-Intervenors, and Amici replies (All Claims) 

Federal Defendants’ reply: up to 60 pages in a single brief 

or separate briefs of 35 pages for NEPA/FLPMA and 25 pages for ESA; 

Defendant-Intervenors’ replies: up to 60 pages in a single brief 

or separate briefs of 35 pages for NEPA/FLPMA and 25 pages for ESA; 

Although the Plaintiffs intend file two separate sets of briefs, Federal Defendants, 

Defendant-Intervenors, and Amici may each file a consolidated briefs on all four claims rather 

than separate briefs on the NEPA/FLPMA claims and the ESA claims so long as the total number 

of pages of the consolidated briefs do not exceed the total number of pages allotted. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

HONORABLE SUSAN ILLSTON 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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