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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 33:1365 Environmental Matters

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL 

DIVERSITY,

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE 

INTERIOR; S.M.R. JEWELL, in her 

official capacity as Secretary of the 

Interior; U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE 

SERVICE; DAN ASHE, Director of the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

 Defendants, 

CROPLIFE AMERICA, 

 Defendant-Intervenor. 

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CASE NO. 3:15-cv-658-JCS 

STATUS REPORT AND STIPULATION 

FOR EXTENSION OF STAY

Pursuant to the Court’s November 3, 2015, Order, Dkt. No. 65, Plaintiff, the Center for 

Biological Diversity, and Federal Defendants, the U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., and 

Intervenor-Defendant Croplife America file the following status report and request a 7-day 

extension of the current stay to allow the Parties to finalize a proposed settlement agreement, and 

in support state: 

1. The Parties filed their joint motion for a 60-day stay, Dkt. No. 64, on November 

2, 2015. The Court granted that motion on November 3, 2015, staying the case through January 

2, 2016. Dkt. No. 65. The Plaintiff and Federal Defendants next reached an agreement in 

principle on December 17, 2015. Thereafter, the Court granted a 27-day extension of the stay 

through January 29, 2016, to permit the Parties to finalize and undertake the final review and 

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approval process for the proposed settlement agreement. Dkt. No. 67. Most recently, on January 

22, 2016, the Court granted an 18-day extension of the stay of this case through February 16, 

2016. Dkt. No. 69. 

2. The agreement in principle continues to undergo final review and approval by the 

appropriate supervisory officials at the Departments of Justice and the Interior. Due to the spate 

of winter weather causing the federal government to close for some or all of January 25-28, 

2016, this process has taken slightly longer than previously anticipated. Accordingly, to preserve 

the Parties’ and the Court’s resources, the Parties request a 7-day extension of the stay of this 

case to allow ample time for the above-described activities. 

 3. Intervenor CropLife America (“CropLife”) is aware that Plaintiff and Defendants 

have reached an agreement in principle. CropLife is continuing to evaluate the specific language 

of the draft agreement and will communicate a final position prior to the filing of the final 

agreement with the Court. Croplife does not object to the requested extension of the current stay.

4. This Court has authority to extend the current stay pursuant to its “inherent 

authority to control its own docket and calendar.” Yong v. INS, 208 F.3d 1116, 1119 (9th Cir. 

2000); see also Landis v. North American Co., 299 U.S. 248 (1936). 

THEREFORE, in light of the above, the Parties request a 7-day extension of the stay of 

this case, through February 23, 2016, to permit the Parties to finalize and undertake the final 

review and approval process for the proposed settlement agreement. 

 Respectfully submitted this 9th day of February, 

 

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Respectfully Submitted, 

JOHN C. CRUDEN 

Assistant Attorney General 

SETH M. BARSKY, Chief 

S. JAY GOVINDAN 

Assistant Chief 

/s/ J. Brett Grosko 

 __________________________ 

 J. BRETT GROSKO, Trial Attorney 

 U.S. Department of Justice 

 Environment & Natural Resources Division 

 Wildlife & Marine Resources Section 

 Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7611 

 Washington, DC 20044-7611 

 Phone: (202) 305-0342 

 Fax: (202) 305-0275 

 Email: brett.grosko@usdoj.gov 

 Attorneys for Federal Defendants 

 

 /s/ Collette Adkins (with permission) 

____________________________ 

 Collette Adkins (MN Bar # 035059X) 

 Justin Augustine (CA Bar # 235561) 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA OFFICE 

351 California Street, Suite 600 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 436-9682 

Facsimile: (415) 436-9683’

cadkins@biologicaldiversity.org 

jaugustine@biologicaldiversity.org 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 

 /s/ Kirsten L. Nathanson (with permission) 

___________________________ 

CROWELL & MORING LLP 

Kirsten L. Nathanson (DC Bar #463992)* 

Thomas Lundquist (DC Bar # 968123)* 

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Sherrie A. Armstrong (DC Bar #1009642)* 

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20004 

T: (202) 624-2500 F: (202) 628-5116 

CROWELL & MORING LLP 

Tracy E. Reichmuth (SBN 215458) 

275 Battery Street, 23rd Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

T: (415) 365-7821 F: (415) 986-2827 

*Admitted pro hac vice 

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor 

CropLife America 

 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

_____________________________________ 

United States Magistrate Judge 

Dated: February 10, 2016 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Judge Joseph C. Spero

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