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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 16:1538 Endangered Species Act

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Brian Segee (Calif. Bar No. 200795) 

Jason Rylander (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 

Defenders of Wildlife 

1130 17th Street, NW 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

Telephone: (202) 682-9400 

Facsimile: (202) 682-1331 

bsegee@defenders.org, jrylander@defenders.org 

Neil Levine (Calif. Bar No. 163557) 

1400 Glenarm Place, Suite 300 

Denver, CO 80202 

Telephone: (303) 996-9611 

Facsimile: (303) 623-8083 

nlevine@earthjustice.org 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs/Defendant-Intervenors 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF 

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, et al., 

Plaintiffs; 

v. 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE 

SERVICE et al., 

Defendants; 

and 

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, et al.; 

DefendantIntervenors. 

BUTTE ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL, 

et al.; 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

GALE NORTON, Secretary of the Interior, 

and U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, 

 Defendants; 

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No: 2:05-cv-00629-WBS-GGH 

(Consolidated with Case No. 2:05-cv-02524-

WBS-GGH) 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

ESTABLISHING BRIEFING SCHEDULE 

AND HEARING DATE FOR PLAINTIFFS' 

MOTION FOR ATTORNEY FEES AND 

COSTS 

 

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Briefing Schedule Stipulation 

 Plaintiffs Butte Environmental Council, Defenders of Wildlife and California Native 

Plant Society, San Joaquin Raptor and Wildlife Rescue Center, Sierra Foothills Audubon 

Society and vernalpools.org and Federal Defendants Dirk Kempthorne and the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service have met and conferred regarding Plaintiffs' Motion for Attorney Fees and 

Costs, but have been unavailable to reach a mutually-agreeable resolution. Accordingly, the 

parties have agreed to the following briefing schedule and proposed hearing date for Plaintiffs' 

Motion: 

 Plaintiffs' Motion and supporting papers: October 1, 2007 

 Defendants' Opposition Brief: October 24, 2007 

 Plaintiffs' Rely Brief: November 14, 2007 

 Hearing Date: December 10, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: September 25, 2007 /s/ Neil Levine_ Neil Levine 

 Brian Segee 

 

 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Dated: September 25, 2007 /s/ Kevin McArdle___ Kevin McArdle 

 U.S. Dept. of Justice 

Attorney for Federal Defendants 

IT IS SO ORDERED 

Dated: September 25, 2007 

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Briefing Schedule Stipulation 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on September 25, 2007, I electronically transmitted the attached 

document to the Clerk’s Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice 

of Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants: 

Kevin McArdle 

U.S. Dep't of Justice 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

Wildlife & Marine Resources Section 

Kevin.mcardle@usdoj.gov 

 /s/ Neil Levine

 

 

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