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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, and December 15, 2015, Orders, Dkt. Nos. 65 and 

67, Plaintiff, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Federal Defendants, the U.S. Department 

of the Interior, et al., and Intervenor-Defendant CropLife America (“CropLife”) file the 

following status report and request an 18-day extension of the current stay to allow the Plaintiff 

and Federal Defendants to obtain final approvals of their proposed settlement agreement, and in 

support state: 

1. The Parties filed their joint motion for a stay, Dkt. No. 64, on November 2, 2015. 

The Court granted a stay through January 2, 2016, to pursue settlement discussions. On 

December 15, 2015, the Plaintiff and Federal Defendants informed the Court that they had 

reached a settlement in principle and requested a 27-day extension of the stay through January 

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29, 2016, to finalize their review and obtain the authorization of the responsible officials at the 

Departments of the Interior and Justice to enter into the settlement agreement. CropLife is aware 

of the proposed settlement agreement and does not object to the requested extension of the 

current stay.

2. The agreement in principle is currently undergoing final review and approval by 

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

holiday schedules of individuals at the Departments of the Interior and Justice, and the litigation 

schedule of counsel for the government, including the need to finalize an amicus brief in In re 

Abbigail A., No. 220187 (Cal.), the Parties request an 18-day extension of the stay of this case, 

through February 16, 2016, to allow time for the above-described activities. 

3. 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). 

4. The Parties also request a 45-day extension of the mediation deadline, which is 

currently set for January 30, 2016 (Dkt. No. 52). 

5. One week prior to the expiration of the requested stay, the Parties will file a status 

report, including the need, if any, for a briefing schedule. 

THEREFORE, in light of the above, the Parties request an 18-day extension of the stay of 

this case through February 16, 2016, to permit the Parties to finalize their review and undertake 

the approval process for the proposed settlement agreement, and also request a 45-day extension 

of the mediation deadline. 

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Respectfully submitted this 22nd day of January, 

 Respectfully Submitted, 

JOHN C. CRUDEN 

Assistant Attorney General 

SETH M. BARSKY, Chief 

S. JAY GOVINDAN 

Assistant Chief 

/s/ J. Brett Grosko 

 __________________________ 

 J. BRETT GROSKO (Md. Bar) 

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 

cadkins@biologicaldiversity.org 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

 

 

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/s/ Kirsten L. Nathanson (with permission) 

___________________________ 

CROWELL & MORING LLP 

Kirsten L. Nathanson (DC Bar #463992)* 

Thomas Lundquist (DC Bar # 968123)* 

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: 1/22/16

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Judge Joseph C. Spero

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