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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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STIPULATION RE CHANGING SCHEDULING CONFERENCE AND JOINT STATUS REPORT DATES (2:14-CV-01856-GEBAC)

Linda J. Linton, Esq. (Counsel for Service)

(California Bar No. 177821)

Linton & Associates, P.C.

6900 S. McCarran Blvd., #2040 

Reno, NV 89509

Telephone: (775) 333-0881

Facsimile: (775) 333-0877

llinton@lintonlegal.com

Douglas S. Burdin, Esq. 

(D.C. Bar No. 434107) 

Anna M. Seidman, Esq.

(D.C. Bar No. 417091)

Safari Club International

501 2nd Street N.E.

Washington, D. C. 20002

Telephone: (202) 543-8733

Facsimile: (202) 543-1205

dburdin@safariclub.org

aseidman@safariclub.org

Counsel for Plaintiff

Safari Club International 

IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL ) 2:14-cv-01856-GEB-AC

)

Plaintiff, )

)

v. )

)

KAMALA D. HARRIS, in her official ) STIPULATION RE

capacity as the Attorney General of ) CHANGING SCHEDULING 

California; CHARLTON H. BONHAM, ) CONFERENCE AND JOINT

in his official capacity as the Director of ) STATUS REPORT DATES

the California Department of Fish and )

Wildlife, )

)

Defendants. )

) Courtroom: 10, 13th Floor

) Judge: Hon. Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

____________________________________) Action Filed: August 6, 2014

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STIPULATION RE CHANGING SCHEDULING CONFERENCE AND JOINT STATUS REPORT DATES (2:14-CV-01856-GEBAC)

Plaintiff Safari Club International (“Safari Club”) and Defendants Attorney General 

Kamala D. Harris and Director Charlton H. Bonham (“Defendants,” and collectively with Safari 

Club, the “Parties”), by and through their respective counsel, jointly submit for approval this 

stipulation regarding the rescheduling of the pretrial scheduling conference (currently set for 

June 22, 2015) and joint status report (currently due June 8, 2015). In support, the Parties state 

the following:

WHEREAS, on August 6, 2014, Safari Club filed its Complaint for Declaratory and

Injunctive Relief;

WHEREAS by Order dated April 29, 2015 this Court granted Defendants’ Motion to 

Dismiss Safari Club’s Complaint and granted Safari Club fourteen (14) days to file a First 

Amended Complaint (ECF No. 37);

WHEREAS, on May 13, 2015, Safari Club filed its First Amended Complaint for 

Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (ECF No. 38);

WHEREAS by stipulation of the Parties, Defendants’ last day to answer or otherwise 

respond to Safari Club’s First Amended Complaint is June 17, 2015 (ECF No. 39);

WHEREAS Defendants anticipate filing a motion to dismiss noticed for hearing on 

September 14, 2015, or the earliest date thereafter that is convenient for the Court;

WHEREAS by stipulation of the Parties and Order of this Court, there currently is a 

status conference set for June 22, 2015, and a joint status report due on June 8, 2015 (ECF No. 

34);

WHEREAS, due to Defendants’ anticipated motion to dismiss Safari Club’s First 

Amended Complaint, the Parties believe that the preparation of a joint status report by June 8, 

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2015, and holding of a pretrial scheduling conference on June 22, 2015, are premature and, in the 

interests of efficiency and conservation of judicial and party resources, should be postponed until 

after the Court has resolved the motion to dismiss. 

THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the Parties respectfully request approval 

of this stipulation to grant the following relief:

The preparation of the joint status report be rescheduled to November 16, 2015, and the 

June 22, 2015 pretrial scheduling conference be rescheduled to November 30, 2015, or the 

earliest dates thereafter that are convenient for the Court.

Dated this 28th day of May, 2015.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Douglas S. Burdin

DOUGLAS S. BURDIN

SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL

(D.C. Bar No. 434107) 

Pro hac vice granted

Attorney for Plaintiff Safari Club

International

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

TAMAR PACHTER

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

/s/ Alexandra Robert Gordon

ALEXANDRA ROBERT GORDON

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Defendants Attorney General

Harris & Director Bonham

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HAVING CONSIDERED THE STIPULATION OF THE PARTIES, AND GOOD CAUSE 

APPEARING, IT IS SO ORDERED:

The pretrial scheduling conference is rescheduled for December 7, 2015, at 9:00 

a.m. A joint status report shall be filed fourteen days prior to the hearing.

Dated: May 29, 2015

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