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Nature of Suit Code: 895
Nature of Suit: Freedom of Information Act of 1974
Cause of Action: 05:552 Freedom of Information Act

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STIPULATION AND ORDER DENYING CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

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DAVID L. ANDERSON (CABN 149604) 

United States Attorney 

SARA WINSLOW (DCBN 457643) 

Chief, Civil Division 

ADRIENNE ZACK (CABN 291629) 

Assistant United States Attorney 

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055 

San Francisco, California 94102-3495 

Telephone: (415) 436-7031 

Fax: (415) 436-6748 

adrienne.zack@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND and 

CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY, 

Plaintiffs, 

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UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG 

ADMINISTRATION, 

Defendant. 

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Case No. 13-cv-4622-HSG 

STIPULATION AND ORDER DENYING 

CONTINUING CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE 

Plaintiffs Animal Legal Defense Fund and Center for Food Safety (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendant 

United States Food and Drug Administration (“Defendant”), by and through their respective attorneys, 

hereby stipulate and jointly request that the Court continue the Case Management Conference currently 

set for June 11, 2019, to September 17, 2019. 

Plaintiffs filed this action for declaratory and injunctive relief under the Freedom of Information 

Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 522, to compel Defendant to produce certain documents related to the animal 

drug ractopamine. Defendant completed production of documents in response to Plaintiffs’ FOIA 

request on March 21, 2019, which the parties reported in their Joint Status Report on March 26, 2019. 

(Dkt. 60). 

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On April 4, 2019, this Court ordered the parties to submit a Case Management Statement on June 

4, 2019, in advance of a Case Management Conference on June 11, 2019. (Dkt. 61). 

On May 15, 2019, Plaintiffs proposed that the parties settle remaining issues in this case rather 

than continue the litigation. Defendant is still considering Plaintiffs’ proposal. The parties jointly wish to 

continue settlement discussions before reporting back to the Court. 

The parties therefore respectfully request that the Court continue the Case Management 

Conference to September 17, 2019, to afford the parties additional time to discuss settlement of this 

case. This is the parties’ first request to continue this case management conference. 

Dated: May 31, 2019 Respectfully submitted, 

 DAVID L. ANDERSON 

 United States Attorney 

 /s/ Adrienne Zack 

 Adrienne Zack 

 Assistant United States Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendant 

 

Dated: May 31, 2019 /s/ Cristina Stella1

 CRISTINA STELLA 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 Animal Legal Defense Fund 

Dated: May 31, 2019 /s/ Adam Keats

 ADAM KEATS 

 Attorney for Plaintiff 

 Center for Food Safety 

 

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 Pursuant to Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3), I, Adrienne Zack, hereby attest that all signatories have concurred in 

the filing of this document. 

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ORDER 

Pursuant to stipulation and for good cause shown, the Case Management Conference is 

continued to Tuesday, September 17, 2019, at 2:00 p.m. The parties shall file a joint case management 

statement on or before September 10, 2019. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June 3, 2019 By: ______________________________ 

 HON. HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. 

 United States District Court Judge 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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DENIED

Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. 

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