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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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AMENDED STIPULATION AND AMENDED [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR RETURN OF PRELIMINARY 

INJUNCTION BOND 

Case No. 10-CV-4360-WHA 

STUART G. GROSS 

(CBN 251019; sgross@grosskleinlaw.com) 

GROSS & KLEIN LAW LLP 

The Embarcadero 

Pier 9, Suite 100 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415-671-4628 

Facsimile: 415-480-6688 

SHARON E. DUGGAN 

(CBN 105108; foxsduggan@aol.com) 

ATTORNEY AT LAW 

336 Adeline St 

Oakland, CA 94607 

Telephone: 510-271-0825 

Facsimile: 510-271-0829 

JOSEPH W. COTCHETT 

(CBN 36324; jcotchett@cpmlegal.com) 

PHILIP L. GREGORY 

(CBN 95217; pgregory@cpmlegal.com) 

PAUL N. MCCLOSKEY 

(CBN 24541; pmccloskey@cpmlegal.com) 

COTCHETT, PITRE & McCARTHY 

840 Malcolm Road, Suite 200 

Burlingame, CA 94010 

Telephone: 650-697-6000 

Facsimile: 650-697-0577 

KEVIN P. BUNDY 

(CBN 231686; 

kbundy@biologicaldiversity.org) 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

1212 Broadway, Suite 800 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: 510-844-7100 x313 

Facsimile: 510-844-7150 

Counsel for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

BESS BAIR; et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA 

DEPARTMENT OF 

TRANSPORTATION; et al.,

 Defendants 

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Case No. 10-CV-04360 (WHA)

AMENDED STIPULATION AND 

AMENDED [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR 

RETURN OF PRELIMINARY 

INJUNCTION BOND 

[N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 7-11, 7-12] 

Courtroom: 8 (19th Floor) 

Judge: Hon. William H. Alsup

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AMENDED STIPULATION AND AMENDED [PROPOSED] ORDER FOR RETURN OF PRELIMINARY 

INJUNCTION BOND 

Case No. 10-CV-4360-WHA 

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 THE PARTIES, Plaintiffs Bess Bair, et al. (“Plaintiffs”), and Defendants State of 

California Department of Transportation, et al. (“Defendants” or “Caltrans”), by and through 

their respective counsel, hereby stipulate as follows: 

WHEREAS, on June 17, 2010, Plaintiffs filed a state court action challenging 

Defendants' approval of the Richardson Grove Operational Improvement Project (“Project”) 

pursuant to state environmental laws in the San Francisco Superior Court, Lotus et at. v. State of 

California Department of Transportation, et al., which was subsequently transferred to the 

Humboldt County Superior Court and assigned Case No CV110002 (the “Lotus” Action); 

WHEREAS, on September 27, 2010, Plaintiffs filed this federal action challenging 

Defendants’ approval of the Project pursuant to federal environmental and other laws in the 

Northern District of California, Bair, et al. v. State of California Department of Transportation, 

et al., Case No. CV 10-4360 WHA (“Bair I”); 

WHEREAS, on July 6, 2011, this Court in Bair I issued its Order granting Plaintiffs’ 

Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Dkt. 84) and directing Plaintiffs to post a bond in the 

amount of $10,000 within 14 calendar days of the Order; 

WHEREAS, on July 15, 2011, Plaintiff Center for Biological Diversity, through 

counsel, posted a bond in the amount of $10,000 (Dkt. 86, 86-1); 

WHEREAS, on April 4, 2012, this Court in Bair I issued its Order on Cross-Motions for 

Summary Judgment, Motion to Strike, and Motion for Sanctions (Dkt. 146), granting Plaintiffs’ 

Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment in part and denying it in part without prejudice, and 

administratively closed the case; 

WHEREAS, there currently is no challenge to the Project pending before this Court; 

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs have been advised by the Clerk of this Court that an Order from 

this Court is necessary before the bond posted as security for the preliminary injunction issued 

in Bair I on July 6, 2011, can be released; 

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WHEREAS, on April 5, 2016, Plaintiffs submitted a Stipulation and [Proposed] Order 

for Return of Preliminary Injunction Bond, which this Court granted on April 6, 2016; and 

WHEREAS, on April 13, 2016, the Clerk advised Plaintiffs that the Court’s Order must 

be amended to direct return of the bond to the Center for Biological Diversity, which was the 

party that originally posted the bond; 

NOW THEREFORE THE PARTIES AGREE, SUBJECT TO THE COURT’S 

APPROVAL, AS FOLLOWS: 

1. There is no longer any need for Plaintiffs to maintain a bond with this Court as 

security for the preliminary injunction issued on July 6, 2011. 

2. The Clerk shall release the bond posted by Plaintiffs, plus any accrued interest, 

to the Center for Biological Diversity forthwith upon receipt of this Order. 

COTCHETT, PITRE & MCCARTHY, LLP 

GROSS LAW, P.C. 

SHARON E. DUGGAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 

Dated: April 21, 2016 By: /s/ Kevin P. Bundy 

PHILIP L. GREGORY 

STUART G. GROSS 

SHARON E. DUGGAN 

KEVIN P. BUNDY 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs BESS BAIR, et al. 

Dated: April 21, 2016 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

TRANSPORTATION

 By: /s/ Stacy J. Lau 

LUCILLE Y. BACA 

JANET WONG 

STACY J. LAU 

Attorneys for Defendants CALIFORNIA 

DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION, et al. 

SO ORDERED. Date: April 25, 2016. ______________________________ Hon. William Alsup, U.S. District Judge

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