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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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SPRAWLDEF and Sierra Club v. Federal Emergency Management Agency, et al., No. 1:15-cv-02331-LB 

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JOHN C. CRUDEN 

Assistant Attorney General 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

United States Department of Justice 

DAVID B. GLAZER (D.C. 400966) 

Natural Resources Section 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

United States Department of Justice 

301 Howard Street, Suite 1050 

San Francisco, California 94105 

TEL: (415) 744–6491 

FAX: (415) 744-6476 

e-mail: david.glazer@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for Federal Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

SPRAWLDEF and SIERRA CLUB, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

AGENCY, et al., 

 Defendants. 

No. 3:15-cv-02331-LB 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

EXTENDING TIME FOR FEDERAL 

DEFENDANTS TO ANSWER AMENDED 

COMPLAINT 

Date: N/A 

Time: N/A 

Courtroom No. C, 15th Floor 

Hon. Laurel Beeler 

 

 

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 Plaintiffs SPRAWLDEF and Sierra Club and Federal Defendants Federal Emergency Management Agency and Karen Armes stipulate, subject to Court approval, that the Federal Defendants may 

have up to and including September 14, 2015, to respond to the amended complaint once it is filed. In 

accordance with the Court’s Text order of August 8, 2015, ECF No. 25, Plaintiffs anticipate filing their 

amended complaint shortly. 

 In support of this stipulation, Federal Defendants represent as follows: 

 1. Counsel for the Federal Defendants will be out of the country from August 11 through 

August 24. Decl. of David B. Glazer ¶ 2. Federal Defendants’ response to the amended complaint will 

likely be due during that time or very soon after, if the amended complaint is filed shortly. Id. 

 2. Counsel will not have access to e-mail or to any Department of Justice systems while he 

is away, making it impossible to work on Federal Defendants’ response to the amended complaint 

during that time, or to perform any other official functions. Glazer Decl. ¶ 3. 

 3. Federal Defendants have not asked for any other extensions of time in this case, Glazer 

Decl. ¶ 4, and the requested extension will not affect the litigation schedule proposed in the parties’ Joint 

Case Management Statement, ECF No. 23. 

 4. Plaintiffs do not oppose Federal Defendants’ request that their response to the amended 

complaint be due on September 14. Glazer Decl. ¶ 5. 

 Accordingly, the parties stipulate that Federal Defendants may have until September 14, 2015, to 

respond to the amended complaint 

SO STIPULATED: 

DATED: August 10, 2015 JOHN C. CRUDEN 

 Assistant Attorney General 

 Environment & Natural Resources Division 

/s/David B. Glazer 

 DAVID B. GLAZER 

 Natural Resources Section 

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 Environment & Natural Resources Division 

 United States Department of Justice 

 301 Howard Street, Suite 1050 

 San Francisco, California 

 Tel: (415) 744-6491 

 Fax: (415) 744-6476 

 E-mail: David.Glazer@usdoj.gov 

 Attorneys for Federal Defendants 

/s/ Kelly T. Smith

Kelly T. Smith 196821 

THE SMITH FIRM 

5453 Parish Court 

Sacramento, CA 9582 

T: (916) 930-1960 

M: (916) 607-1998 

ktsmith@thesmithfirm.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

ATTESTATION OF COUNSEL

 I attest that I have secured the concurrence of the counsel whose signature appears above as to 

the form and contents of this document and his authorization to file this document on his behalf, as 

evidenced by the conformed signature appearing above. 

DATED: August 10, 2015 

/s/ David B. Glazer 

 DAVID B. GLAZER 

[PROPOSED ORDER]

 The foregoing Stipulation is APPROVED, and the Federal Defendants may have up to and 

including September 14, 2015, to answer the amended complaint. 

DATED: __________________ _____________________________________ 

 LAUREL BEELER 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

See Court's Previous Text Order entry authorizing alternative process of the reply or 

existing answer. August 11, 2015

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

 I, David B. Glazer, hereby certify that, on August 10, 2015, I caused the foregoing to be served 

upon counsel of record through the Court’s electronic service. 

 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Dated: August 10, 2015 /s/David B. Glazer 

 David B. Glazer 

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