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Nature of Suit Code: 899
Nature of Suit: Other Statutes - Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision
Cause of Action: 05:551 Administrative Procedure Act

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Stipulation 1

Sierra Club v. Bernhardt, 4:18-cv-00524-HSG; California v. BLM, 4:18-cv-00521-HSG

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LAWRENCE J. VANDYKE

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Environment and Natural Resources Division

United States Department of Justice

CORINNE SNOW (TX Bar No. 24083883)

REBECCA JAFFE (NC Bar No. 40726)

601 D St. NW, 3rd Floor

Washington, D.C. 20004

Tel: (202) 305-0258

Fax: (202) 305-0506

corinne.snow@usdoj.gov

rebecca.jaffe@usdoj.gov

Counsel for Federal Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SIERRA CLUB, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

DAVID BERNHARDT, et al.

Defendants.

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

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U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, et 

al.

Defendants.

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Case No. 4:18-cv-00524-HSG

Case No. 4:18-cv-00521-HSG (related)

STIPULATION

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Stipulation 2

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On June 3, 2019, Plaintiffs in Case No. 18-cv-524, Sierra Club, et al. (Citizen Group 

Plaintiffs), filed their motion for summary judgment. ECF No. 110.1 Citizen Group Plaintiffs 

attached to their motion Exhibit B, a Declaration of Joel Minor, counsel for the Citizen Group 

Plaintiffs. ECF No. 110.2. Attached to Mr. Minor’s Declaration were 14 documents and excerpts of 

documents that the Citizen Group Plaintiffs submitted as exhibits to their January 24, 2018 letter to 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), notifying the agency of plaintiffs’ intent to sue for a 

violation of the Endangered Species Act. See id. ¶ 1; see also ECF No. 55.1 (Citizen Groups’ Notice 

of Intent to Sue for Violations of the Endangered Species Act).

The parties disagree about whether it is proper for the court to review the attachments to Mr. 

Minor’s declaration, and the citations to the documents in the Citizen Group Plaintiffs’ summary 

judgment brief. To facilitate efficient resolution of this disagreement, and to avoid motions practice 

that could potentially delay this litigation, the Parties stipulate as follows:

1). The Federal Defendants shall receive five additional pages in their Opposition to 

Plaintiffs’ Motions for Summary Judgment and Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment. Federal 

Defendants’ Opposition and Cross Motion shall not exceed 75 pages in total. See ECF No. 109 at 2 

(Proposed Scheduling Order establishing page limits and briefing deadlines). These additional five 

pages shall be limited to arguments about the propriety of the Citizen Group Plaintiffs filing the 

attachments to Mr. Minor’s declaration, whether the court can review the attachments, and 

arguments about the contents of the attachments themselves. Federal Defendants shall not address 

any other issues in their additional five pages of briefing.

2). Each Intervenor-Defendant (the State of Wyoming, American Petroleum Institute 

(API), and Independent Petroleum Association of America and Western Energy Alliance 

(collectively, IPAA)) shall receive three additional pages in their Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motions 

for Summary Judgment and Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment. Wyoming’s and API’s 

Opposition and Cross Motion shall not exceed 28 pages in total. See ECF No. 109 at 2 (Proposed 

Scheduling Order establishing page limits and briefing deadlines). IPAA’s Opposition and Cross 

1 All docket citations are to Case No. 4:18-cv-00524-HSG unless otherwise noted.

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Motion shall not exceed 53 pages in total. Id. The additional three pages allocated to each 

Defendant-Intervenor shall be limited to arguments about the propriety of the Citizen Group 

Plaintiffs filing the attachments to Mr. Minor’s declaration, whether the court can review the 

attachments, and arguments about the contents of the attachments themselves. The IntervenorDefendants shall not address any other issues in their additional pages of briefing.

3). The Citizen Group Plaintiffs shall receive seven additional pages in their Combined 

Reply in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment and Opposition to Cross-Motions. The Citizen 

Group Plaintiffs shall file a single Reply Brief and Cross-Motion Opposition, not to exceed 32 pages 

in total. See ECF No. 109 at 2 (Proposed Scheduling Order establishing page limits and briefing 

deadlines). These additional seven pages shall be limited to responding to Federal Defendants’ and 

Intervenor-Defendants’ arguments about the propriety of the Citizen Group Plaintiffs filing the 

attachments to Mr. Minor’s declaration, whether the court can review the attachments, and 

arguments about the contents of the attachments themselves. The Citizen Group Plaintiffs shall not 

address any other issues in their additional seven pages of briefing.

All parties consent to this stipulation. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Respectfully submitted,

LAWRENCE J. VANDYKE 

Deputy Assistant Attorney General

Date: July 18, 2019 /s/ Corinne Snow_ _ ___

Corinne Snow

Attorney for Federal Defendants

Date: July 18, 2019 /s/ Joel Minor_____________________

Joel Minor

Attorney for Citizen Group Plaintiffs

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Date: July 18, 2019 /s/ Erik Peterson_________________________

Erik Petersen

Attorney for Intervenor-Defendant State of 

Wyoming

Date: July 18, 2019 /s/ Timothy M. Sullivan__________________

Timothy M. Sullivan

Attorney for Intervenor-Defendant American 

Petroleum Institute

Date: July 18, 2019 /s/ Mark Barron_________________________

Mark Barron

Attorney for Intervenor-Defendants Independent 

Petroleum Association of America and Western 

Energy Alliance

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATE: 7/24/2019

Hon. Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr.

United States District Judge

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