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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND HEARING ON PRELIMINARY 

INJUNCTION MOTION; STIPULATED CONSENT TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE 

Case No. 07-4771-EDL

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ROBERT L. FALK (SBN 142007)

ROBIN S. STAFFORD (SBN 200950)

SARAH SCHINDLER (SBN 236414)

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

425 Market Street

San Francisco, California 94105-2482

Telephone: (415) 268-7000

Facsimile: (415) 268-7522

Email: RFalk@mofo.com

Email: RStafford@mofo.com

Email: SSchindler@mofo.com

JOEL R. REYNOLDS (SBN 85276) CARA A. HOROWITZ (SBN 220701) NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC.

1314 Second Street

Santa Monica, CA 90401

Telephone: (310) 434-2300

Facsimile: (310) 434-2399

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC.; 

INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE;

THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES; 

CETACEAN SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL; LEAGUE 

FOR COASTAL PROTECTION; OCEAN FUTURES 

SOCIETY; JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC.; 

INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE;

THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES; 

CETACEAN SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL; LEAGUE 

FOR COASTAL PROTECTION; OCEAN FUTURES 

SOCIETY; JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU, Plaintiffs,

v.

CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ, SECRETARY OF THE 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; 

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE; 

WILLIAM HOGARTH, ASSISTANT 

ADMINISTRATOR FOR FISHERIES OF THE 

NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND 

ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; VICE 

ADMIRAL CONRAD C. LAUTENBACHER, JR., 

ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL 

OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 

ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES 

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY; DONALD C. 

WINTER, SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES 

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY; ADMIRAL MIKE 

MULLEN, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS, Defendants.

Civil Action No. 07-4771-EDL

STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER SETTING 

BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND 

HEARING ON PRELIMINARY 

INJUNCTION MOTION; 

STIPULATED CONSENT TO 

PROCEED BEFORE A UNITED 

STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Judge: Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte

Ctrm: E

AS MODIFIED

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Plaintiffs Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., The Humane Society Of The United 

States, Cetacean Society International, League For Coastal Protection, Ocean Futures Society, 

International Fund for Animal Welfare, and Jean-Michel Cousteau (collectively, “Plaintiffs”)

and defendants Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce, 

National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”), William Hogarth, Assistant Administrator for 

Fisheries of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (“NOAA”), Vice 

Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., Administrator of NOAA, United States Department of 

the Navy, Donald C. Winter, Secretary of the United States Department of the Navy, and 

Admiral Mike Mullen, Chief of Naval Operations (collectively “Defendants”), through their 

respective counsel of record, enter into the following stipulation with reference to the following 

facts.

WHEREAS,

A. Plaintiffs filed a motion for leave to file supplemental pleadings on August 15, 

2007.

B. NMFS made effective a new final rule on August 16, 2007, (“new Final Rule”) 

and published the new Final Rule on August 21, 2007.

C. After meeting and conferring with Defendants, Plaintiffs filed a notice to withdraw 

their motion for leave to file supplemental pleadings on August 28, 2007.

D. On September 17, 2007, Plaintiffs filed their complaint in this action. E. On September 25, 2007, Plaintiffs and Defendants filed a joint Administrative 

Motion to Relate this case (the “New Action”) to Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. v. 

Evans, Case No. 02-03805, filed in this Court on August 7, 2002 (the “Original Action”). F. On October 2, 2007, this Court issued an Order relating the New Action to the 

Original Action. 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND HEARING ON PRELIMINARY 

INJUNCTION MOTION; STIPULATED CONSENT TO PROCEED BEFORE A MAGISTRATE 

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Based on the foregoing, Plaintiffs and Defendants, through their counsel of record, 

stipulate as follows:

1. On October 12, 2007, Plaintiffs shall file and serve their Motion for Preliminary 

Injunction;

2. On November 13, 2007, Defendants shall file and serve their Opposition to 

Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction;

3. On November 20, 2007, Plaintiffs shall file and serve their Reply.

4. The hearing on the Preliminary Injunction Motion will be scheduled for 

December 11, 2007, or a date thereafter at the Court’s convenience. 5. Beginning immediately, and until the time that the Court issues its decision on a 

Preliminary Injunction, but no later than January 8, 2008, Defendants shall operate Surveillance 

Towed Array Sensor System (“SURTASS”) Low Frequency Active Sonar (“LFA”) under the 

constraints specified in the 2003 permanent injunction, as amended in 2005, with the exception 

that they may operate the LFA sonar system within the coastal exclusion zones set forth in that 

injunction only when necessary to continue tracking an existing underwater contact detected 

outside the exclusion zone or when operationally necessary to detect a new underwater contact 

that would place the LFA sonar system within the coastal exclusion zone to maximize 

opportunities for detection. This exception will not apply to any routine testing or training 

activities. Under no circumstances will Defendants operate the LFA sonar system closer than the 

12nm coastal exclusion zone specified in the new Final Rule. 6. In accordance with the provisions of Title 28, U.S.C. Section 636(c), Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 73, and Local General Order 44.N.1.b., the undersigned parties hereby 

voluntarily consent to have United States Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte conduct any and 

all further proceedings in the New Action and order the entry of a final judgment. Appeal from 

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the judgment, if any, shall be taken directly to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth 

Circuit. 

Dated: October 5, 2007 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

ROBERT L. FALK

ROBIN S. STAFFORD

SARAH B. SCHINDLER

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC.

JOEL R. REYNOLDS

CARA A. HOROWITZ

By: /s/ Robin S. Stafford

Robin S. Stafford

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, 

INC.; INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL 

WELFARE; THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE 

UNITED STATES; CETACEAN SOCIETY 

INTERNATIONAL; LEAGUE FOR COASTAL 

PROTECTION; OCEAN FUTURES SOCIETY; 

JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU

Dated: October 5, 2007 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

KRISTEN L. GUSTAFSON

By: /s/ Kristen Gustafson Kristen Gustafson

Attorneys for Defendants

CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ, SECRETARY OF THE 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 

COMMERCE; NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES 

SERVICE; WILLIAM HOGARTH, ASSISTANT 

ADMINISTRATOR FOR FISHERIES OF THE 

NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND 

ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; VICE 

ADMIRAL CONRAD C. LAUTENBACHER, JR., 

ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL 

OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 

ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES 

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY; DONALD C. 

WINTER, SECRETARY OF THE UNITED 

STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY; 

ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN, CHIEF OF NAVAL 

OPERATIONS

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

After considering the parties’ stipulation, and for good cause shown, the stipulated 

schedule for the Preliminary Injunction Motion is adopted by this Court, which shall hear 

Plaintiffs’ Preliminary Injunction Motion on December 11, 2007, and conduct all subsequent trial 

court proceedings in this action. IT IS SO ORDERED. ____________________________________ Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte

18 October 9, 2007 at 9:00am EDL

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Elizabeth D. Laporte

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