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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 TO EXTEND TIME FOR FILING 

MOTION FOR FEES AND COSTS C-04-4324-WHA

Brendan Cummings (CA Bar No. 193952)

Kassia Siegel (CA Bar No. 209497)

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

P.O. Box 549

Joshua Tree, CA 92252

Phone: (760) 366-2232

Facsimile: (760) 366-2669

Email: bcummings@biologicaldiversity.org

Email: ksiegel@biologicaldiversity.org

Attorneys for Plaintiff

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Linda Krop (CA Bar No. 118773)

Karen M. Kraus (CA Bar No. 181756)

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER

906 Garden Street

Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Telephone: (805) 963-1622

Facsimile: (805) 962-3152

Email: lkrop@edcnet.org

Email: kkraus@edcnet.org

Attorneys for Plaintiff

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY,

and ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER

Plaintiffs,

vs.

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE

SERVICE, and, GALE A. NORTON, in her

official capacity as Secretary of the Department

of the Interior

Defendants.

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Case No. C-04-4324 WHA

STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME FOR

FILING MOTION FOR FEES AND COSTS

Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity and Environmental Defense Center and Defendants the

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Gale Norton, Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior

(collectively “the Service” or “FWS”), by and through their undersigned counsel, say as follows:

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME FOR FILING 

MOTION FOR FEES AND COSTS C-04-4324-WHA

WHEREAS:

This Court entered judgment in the above-caption case on August 22, 2005;

Pursuant to Local Rule 54-6, Plaintiffs’ Motion for Attorney’s Fees and Costs is due within 14 days

of the Court’s entry of judgment, or on September 5, 2005;

Plaintiffs and Defendants believe that they may be able to resolve the matter of fees and costs

through negotiation and have therefore agreed to the following Stipulation extending Plaintiffs’ deadline

for filing a Motion for Attorney’s Fees and Costs:

THEREFORE:

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Plaintiffs and Defendants, through their respective

counsel, that, upon approval of the Court, Plaintiffs have sixty additional days, or until November 4, 2005,

to file any Motion for Attorney’s Fees and Costs.

Respectfully submitted this 25th day of August, 2005.

KELLY A. JOHNSON, 

Acting Assistant Attorney General

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief

/s/ Bridget Kennedy McNeil

BRIDGET KENNEDY McNEIL, 

Trial Attorney, (SBN 34299 (CO)

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Wildlife & Marine Resources Division

Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369

Tel: 202-305-0229

Fax: 202-305-0275

bridget.mcneil@usdoj.gov

KEVIN V. RYAN (SBN 118321)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON, Chief, Civil Division

(SBN 88143)

JAMES A. CODA (SBN 1012669 (WI))

Assistant United States Attorney

Northern District of California

10th Floor, Box 36055

450 Golden Gate Avenue

San Francisco, CA 94102

Tel: 415-436-6967

Fax: 415-436-6748

Attorneys for Defendants

September 29

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STIPULATION TO EXTEND TIME FOR FILING 

MOTION FOR FEES AND COSTS C-04-4324-WHA

/s/ Brendan Cummings 

Brendan Cummings

Kassia Siegel

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

P.O. Box 549

Joshua Tree, CA 92252

Phone: (760) 366-2232

Facsimile: (760) 366-2669

Linda Krop

Karen M. Kraus

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER

906 Garden Street

Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Telephone: 805-963-1622

Facsimile: 805-962-3152

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED

The Honorable William H. Alsup

District Court Judge

August 26, 2005

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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