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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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JOHN C. CRUDEN

Assistant Attorney General

Environment & Natural Resources Division

SETH M. BARSKY, Chief

S. JAY GOVINDAN, Assistant Chief

J. BRETT GROSKO, Trial Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Wildlife and Marine Resources Section 

Ben Franklin Station P.O. Box 7611

Washington, D.C. 20044-7611

Telephone: (202) 305-0342

Facsimile: (202) 305-0275

Email: brett.grosko@usdoj.gov

Counsel for Federal Defendants

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,

Federal Defendants.

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CASE NO. 3:15-cv-658-JCS

STIPULATION TO EXTEND THE TIME TO RESPOND TO 

OR ANSWER THE COMPLAINT

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6(b) and Local Rule 6.1(a), the parties 

stipulate to a 17-day extension of time for Federal Defendants to respond to or answer the 

complaint, and in support state:

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1. On February 12, 2015, Plaintiff filed its Complaint in this action. On February 17, 

2015, Plaintiff served its Complaint on the Federal Defendants. The Federal Defendants’ 

response or answer is currently due April 20, 2015. Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 12(a).

2. The Federal Defendants require a 17-day extension to answer or respond to 

the Complaint, through May 7, 2015.

3. This extension is warranted due to the heavy litigation docket of undersigned 

counsel for Federal Defendants, who has been engaged in responding to and filing multiple 

motions in Wild Fish Conservancy v. Irving, No. 14-306 (E.D. Wash.). A hearing on those 

motions is currently scheduled in Spokane, Washington for April 30, 2015.

4. The instant stipulation does not affect any deadline apart from the Federal 

Defendants’ response or answer deadline.

WHEREFORE, the parties stipulate to extend the deadline for Federal Defendants’ 

response or answer to the Complaint up through and including May 7, 2015.

Respectfully submitted this 16th day of April, 2015,

JOHN C. CRUDEN

Assistant Attorney General

Environment & Natural Resources Division

SETH M. BARSKY, Chief

S. JAY GOVINDAN, Assistant Chief

J. BRETT GROSKO, Trial Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Wildlife and Marine Resources Section 

Ben Franklin Station P.O. Box 7611

Washington, D.C. 20044-7611

Telephone: (202) 305-0342

Facsimile: (202) 305-0275

Email: brett.grosko@usdoj.gov

Counsel for Federal Defendants UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Joseph C. Spero

Dated: April 20, 2015

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Of Counsel

James Monroe, Esq.

U.S. Department of the Interior

Office of the Solicitor

/s/ Justin Augustine (with permission)

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Justine Augustine (CA Bar No. 235561)

Center for Biological Diversity

351 California Street, Suite 600

San Francisco, CA 94104

Tel: (415) 436-9682

Fax: (415) 436-9683

jaugustine@biologicaldiversity.org

Colette L. Adkins Giese (MN Bar No. 035059X)

(admitted pro hac vice)

Center for Biological Diversity

P.O. Box 339

Circle Pines, MN 55014-0339

Tel: (651) 955-3821

Fax: (415-436-9483

cadkinsgiese@biologicaldiversity.org

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