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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:7413(b) Clean Air Act

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JOINT STIPULATION 

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JOHN C. CRUDEN

Assistant Attorney General

Environment & Natural Resources Division

DEBRA J. CARFORA

Trial Attorney

United States Department of Justice

Environmental Defense Section

P.O. Box 7611

Washington, D.C. 20044-7611

Tel: (202) 514-2640

Fax: (202) 514-8865

debra.carfora@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant

[Additional counsel listed on signature page]

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL 

DIVERSITY, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

THE UNITED STATES 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 4:16-cv-1946-SBA

JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

DEADLINE FOR ANSWER, 

CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER

Pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2, Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, 

Association of Irritated Residents, and Climate Change Law Foundation, and Defendants, 

the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy in her official 

capacity as the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, and 

Jared Blumenfeld in his official capacity as Regional Administrator of the United States 

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Environmental Protection Agency (collectively “EPA”), hereby stipulate to and request 

an order continuing the case management conference currently scheduled for July 13, 

2016 and extending the deadline for Defendants’ Answer to July 18, 2016. In support of 

this stipulation, the parties state the following: 

The Court entered an order setting this matter for a case management conference 

at 2:30 PM on July 13, 2016. ECF No. 6. Subsequently, on May 27, 2016, the parties 

had an initial meet and confer concerning this case. 

The requested extension will allow EPA enough time to properly examine 

whether the parties may be able to resolve this case without dispositive motions or a trial. 

Meanwhile, the parties will continue to confer concerning this case. 

The parties have not previously requested any extensions in this case. 

Therefore, in light of the fact that parties may be able to resolve this case without 

the need for dispositive motions or a trial, the parties stipulate to and request an order 

continuing the case management conference until 2:30 PM on August 3, 2016; continuing 

the last day to file either Stipulation to ADR Process or Notice of Need for ADR Phone 

Conference to July 20, 2016; continuing the last day to file Rule 26(f) Reports, complete 

initial disclosures or state objection in Rule 26(f) Report, and file Case Management 

Statements to July 27, 2016; and extending the answer due date to July 18, 2016.

Respectfully submitted,

Date: June 1, 2016

JOHN C. CRUDEN

Assistant Attorney General

Environment and Natural Resources Division

/s/ Debra J Carfora 

DEBRA J. CARFORA

Trial Attorney

United States Department of Justice

Environmental Defense Section

P.O. Box 7611

Washington, D.C. 20044-7611

Tel: (202) 514-2640

Fax: (202) 514-8865

debra.carfora@usdoj.gov

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Attorneys for Defendant

Date: June 1, 2016

/s/ James M. Birkelund

JAMES M. BIRKELUND, Cal. Bar No.206328

Climate Change Law Foundation

548 Market St., #11200

San Francisco, CA 94104

james@climatechangelaw.org

Tel: 415-602-6223; Fax: 415-789-4556

Attorney for Plaintiffs Climate Change Law

Foundation and Association of Irritated Residents

/s/ Maya Golden-Krasner

MAYA GOLDEN-KRASNER, Cal. Bar No. 

217557

The Center for Biological Diversity

P.O. Box 1476

La Canada Flintridge, CA 91012

mgoldenkrasner@biologicaldiversity.org

Tel: 213-215-3729; Fax: 510-844-7150

Attorney for Plaintiff Center for Biological 

Diversity

/s/ Elizabeth Benson

ELIZABETH BENSON, Cal. Bar No. 268851

Sierra Club

2101 Webster Street, Suite 1300

Oakland, CA 94612

elly.benson@sierraclub.org

Tel: 415-977-5723; Fax: 415-977-5793

Attorney for Plaintiff Sierra Club

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to Stipulation, IT IS ORDERED that the deadline for Defendant’s 

Answer is hereby extended to July 18, 2016 and the Case Management Conference is 

continued until 2:30 PM on August 3, 2016.

DATED this ______ day of ___________, 2016.

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SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

United States District Judge

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