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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 05:702 Administrative Procedure Act

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STIP. TO ENLARGE TIME FOR FILING PLS.

FEE PETITION 1

RONALD J. TENPAS

Acting Assistant Attorney General

BEVERLY F. LI (WSBA # 33267)

Trial Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment and Natural Resources

Division

P.O. Box 663

Washington, DC 20044-0663

Tel: (202) 353-9213

Fax: (202) 514-8865

SCOTT N. SCHOOLS

United States Attorney

CHARLES O’CONNOR (SBN 56320)

Assistant United States Attorney

Northern District of California

450 Golden Gate Avenue, 10th Floor

P.O. Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102-3495

Tel: (415) 436-7180

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL )

DIVERSITY, et al., ) CASE NO. C 06-6523-WHA

)

Plaintiffs, )

 ) STIPULATED REQUEST FOR 

v. ) ORDER ENLARGING TIME WITHIN 

) WHICH TO FILE PLAINTIFFS’ 

ABIGAIL R. KIMBELL, Chief, ) MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES

United States Forest Service, et al., ) AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

)

Defendants. )

___________________________________ )

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FEE PETITION 2

Pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2 and Civil L.R. 54-6(a), plaintiffs Center for Biological

Diversity, et. al., and defendants Abigail R. Kimbell, Chief, United States Forest Service, et al.,

through their respective undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate and request the Court to enlarge

the time within which plaintiffs may file a motion for an award of costs and attorneys’ fees until

January 21, 2008: 

1. On October 23, 2007, this Court issued an Order in this case granting plaintiffs’

motion for summary judgment and denying defendants’ cross-motion for summary judgment

with respect to federal defendants’ denial of discretionary review of plaintiffs’ administrative

appeals. On October 23, 2007, the Court entered judgment for plaintiffs. 

2. “Unless otherwise ordered by the Court after a stipulation to enlarge time under

Civil L.R. 6-2,” Civil Local Rule 54-6(a) provides that a motion for an award of attorney’s fees

must be filed within 14 days after entry of judgment – in this case, on or before November 6,

2007.

3. The parties seek an extension of this deadline until 30 days after the deadline for

the federal defendants to file a notice of appeal in this action. Pursuant to Federal Rule of

Appellate Procedure 4(a)(1)(B), the federal defendants have 60 days from the date of this

Court’s judgment to file a notice of appeal, or until December 22, 2007. Accordingly, the parties

request an enlargement of the time within which plaintiffs may file a motion for an award of

costs and attorneys’ fees until January 21, 2008.

4. The parties seek the requested extension to allow time for the case to proceed to a

judgment that is not appealable for purposes of plaintiffs’ claim for costs and fees under the

Equal Access to Justice Act, see 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(2)(G), and to allow time for the parties to

attempt to negotiate to settle plaintiffs’ claim for costs and fees. 

5. No prior enlargement of time in this matter has been requested or granted. The

requested enlargement of time would have no effect on the schedule for the case, since the merits

of the case have been decided and judgment has been entered.

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FEE PETITION 3

DECLARATIONS

Undersigned counsel hereby declare under penalty of perjury that the above statements

are true and correct.

Respectfully submitted this 30th day of October, 2007,

I hereby attest that I have on file all holograph signatures for any signatures indicated by

a “conformed” signature (/s/) within this efiled document.

RONALD J. TENPAS

Acting Assistant Attorney General

/s/ Beverly F. Li 

BEVERLY F. LI 

Trial Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment and Natural Resources Division-NRS

P.O. Box 663

Washington, DC 20044-0663

Tel: (202) 353-9213

Fax: (202) 514-8865

On behalf of Federal Defendants

/s/ Justin Augustine 

Justin Augustine (SBN 235561)

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

1095 Market Street, Suite 511

San Francisco, CA 94103

Telephone: (415) 436-9682

Fax: (415) 436-9683

jaugustine@biologicaldiversity.org

John Buse (SBN 163156)

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

5656 S. Dorchester Avenue No. 3 

Chicago, IL 60637

Telephone: (323) 533-4416

Fax: (610) 885-2187

jbuse@biologicaldiversity.org

On behalf of Plaintiffs

ORDER

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FEE PETITION 4

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED

Date: _______________ _______________________________

United States District Court Judge

October 31, 2007

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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FEE PETITION 5

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on October 30, 2007, the foregoing (1) STIPULATED REQUEST FOR

ORDER ENLARGING TIME WITHIN WHICH TO FILE PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER was served on the following attorneys by filing with the Court’s

electronic filing system:

Justin Augustine

Center for Biological Diversity

1095 Market St., Suite 511

San Francisco, CA 94103

Tel: 415-436-9682

Fax: 415-436-9683

jaugustine@biologicaldiversity.org

John T Buse 

Center for Biological Diversity 

5656 S. Dorchester #3 

Chicago, IL 60637 

Tel: 323-533-4416 

jbuse@biologicaldiversity.org 

Counsel for Plaintiffs

/s/ Beverly F. Li_____________

Beverly F. Li

Counsel for Defendants

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