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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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Def’s Request for Case Management Conf.

Sue Ellen Wooldridge

Assistant Attorney General

Environment and Natural 

 Resources Division

U.S. Department of Justice

Cynthia S. Huber

Senior Attorney

Natural Resources Section

Environment and Natural 

 Resources Division

U.S. Department of Justice

P.O. Box 663

Washington, D.C. 20044-0663

Telephone: 202-514-5273

Facsimile: 202-305-0274

cynthia.huber@usdoj.gov

Kevin V. Ryan (SBN 118321)

United States Attorney

Charles M. O’Connor (SBN 56320)

Assistant United States Attorney

Northern District of California

450 Golden Gate Avenue

San Francisco, CA 94102

Telephone: 415-436-7180

Attorneys for Defendant United 

States Forest Service

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ) Civil No. C02-2708 JCS

INFORMATION CENTER, and )

AMERICAN LANDS ALLIANCE, )

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Plaintiffs, ) DEFENDANT’S REQUEST

 ) FOR CASE MANAGEMENT

v. ) CONFERENCE

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UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, )

 )

Defendant. )

___________________________________ )

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On April 6, 2006, this Court issued its Order re Compliance (“Order”). Docket No. 103. 

The Court concluded that the Forest Service had failed to comply with the Court’s September

2003 Liability Order. Id. at 6. The Court went on to order the Forest Service to complete an

environmental assessment (“EA”) or environmental impact statement (“EIS”) on the Six Rivers

National Forest 2005 Fire Plan, and included a schedule if the Agency chooses to undertake an

EIS. Id. The Court provided that the Forest Service should notify the Court within thirty days of

the Order if it is choosing to complete an EA rather than an EIS. Id. Since the receipt of the

Order, the United States Department of Agriculture including the Forest Service has continued

the internal consultation and deliberations that began after the March 10 hearing. These th

discussions have been informed by the Order. 

Given the scope of the Court’s Order and the nature of the issues to be addressed by the

Agency, Defendant believes that a case management conference would be appropriate. 

Defendant seeks an opportunity to discuss its plans with the Court. Defendant also wishes to

discuss a request for the Court to issue a final judgment, notwithstanding the Order’s statement

about retention of jurisdiction.

Accordingly, Defendant seeks a case management conference for May 19, 2006, or at the

Court’s earliest convenience.

Respectfully Submitted, 

Sue Ellen Wooldridge

Assistant Attorney General

Environment and Natural Resources

 Division

__/s/_______________________

Cynthia S. Huber

Senior Attorney

Natural Resources Section

Environment and Natural Resources

 Division

U.S. Department of Justice

P.O. Box 663

Washington, D.C. 20044

(202) 514-5273

Kevin V. Ryan (SBN 118321)

United States Attorney

Northern District of California

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Charles M. O’Connor (SBN 56320)

Assistant United States Attorney

Northern District of California

450 Golden Gate Avenue

P.O. Box 36055

San Francisco, CA 94102

(415) 436-7180

Attorneys For Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Joseph C. Spero

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the parties shall submit a joint updated case management 

conference statement by May 17, 2006. The case management conference will be held at 

1:30 p.m., on May 19, 2006. Dated: May 8, 2006

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on May 5, 2006, I caused a copy of “Defendant’s Request for Case

Management Conference” be served by ECF electronic filing on the following:

Deborah A. Sivas

Holly D. Gordon

Stanford Law School

Environmental Law Clinic

559 Nathan Abbott Way

Crown Quadrangle

Stanford, CA 94305

____/s/_____________________

Cynthia S. Huber

Counsel for Defendant

United States Forest Service

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