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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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C-02-1580-JSW Joint Stip. to Suspend Current 

Briefing Schedule

KEVIN V. RYAN, United States Attorney (CA Bar # 118321)

JAMES CODA, Assistant United States Attorney (WI Bar # 1012669)

450 Golden Gate Avenue, P.O. Box 36055

San Francisco, CA 94102

SUE ELLEN WOOLDRIDGE, Assistant Attorney General

United States Department of Justice

Environment and Natural Resources Division

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief

SETH M. BARSKY, Assistant Chief

JAMES A. MAYSONETT, Trial Attorney (D.C. Bar # 463856)

Wildlife and Marine Resources Section

JOHN W. SITHER, Trial Attorney 

Law and Policy Section

Benjamin Franklin Station, P.O. Box 4390

Washington, D.C. 20044-4390

Telephone: (202) 514-5484

Facsimile: (202) 514-4231

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL

DIVERSITY, a non-profit corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

STEPHEN L. JOHNSON, Administrator,

Environmental Protection Agency, and

WAYNE NASTRI, Region 9

Administrator, Environmental Protection

Agency,

Defendants,

and,

CROPLIFE AMERICA, AMERICAN

FOREST & PAPER ASSOCIATION,

WESTERN PLANT HEALTH

ASSOCIATION, OREGONIANS FOR

FOOD AND SHELTER, and SYNGENTA

CROP PROTECTION, INC.,

Defendant-Intervenors.

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Case No: C-02-1580-JSW

JOINT STIPULATION TO SUSPEND

CURRENT BRIEFING SCHEDULE

Date: March 21, 2006

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C-02-1580-JSW Joint Stip. to Suspend Current 

2 Briefing Schedule

WHEREAS, the Court’s Order of December 16, 2005 set a schedule for the briefing

and argument of Plaintiff’s motion for injunctive relief in this matter;

WHEREAS, the parties have engaged in productive settlement discussions, including

court-ordered mediation with Magistrate Judge Larson, and desire additional time to continue

those discussions (which may include additional mediation);

WHEREAS, the parties are currently working to contact Magistrate Judge Larson to

schedule additional mediation;

WHEREAS, continued settlement discussions may resolve the issues currently before

the Court and thus obviate the need for the Court to resolve the pending motion;

WHEREAS, the Court granted one previous extension of two days to the deadline for

Federal Defendants to file their opposition to Plaintiff’s motion for injunctive relief;

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-2 and 7, the parties stipulate to

suspend the current briefing schedule for Plaintiff’s motion for injunctive relief pending the

completion of settlement discussions, including the deadlines for Federal Defendants’

opposition (currently due March 21, 2006), Defendant-Intervenors’ opposition (currently due

March 31, 2006), and Plaintiff’s reply in support (currently due April 14, 2006). The parties

anticipate that this suspension of the briefing schedule may also require the continuance of the

hearing on this motion (to the extent that such a hearing is ultimately required), which is

currently scheduled for April 28, 2006. The parties propose to submit a report on the status of

this matter (including any proposals by any party to reinstate a briefing schedule for the

pending motion) within one week of the completion of a further mediation conference with

Magistrate Judge Larson (the date of which is to be determined).

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C-02-1580-JSW Joint Stip. to Suspend Current 

3 Briefing Schedule

IT IS SO STIPULATED:

Dated: March 21, 2006. Respectfully Submitted,

/s/ Brent Plater

 

Brent Plater (CA Bar No. 209555)

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA OFFICE

1095 Market Street, Suite 511

San Francisco, CA 94103

Telephone: (415) 436-9682

Facsimile: (415) 436-9683

bplater@biologicaldiversity.org

Brendan Cummings (CA Bar # 193952)

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

P.O. Box 549

Joshua Tree, CA 92252

Telephone: (760) 366-2232

Facsimile: (760) 366-2669

bcummings@biologicaldiversity.org

Michael W. Graf (CA Bar # 136172)

Law Offices

227 Behrens Street

El Cerrito, CA 94530

Telephone: (510) 525-7222

Facsimile: (510) 525-1208

mwgraf@aol.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

KEVIN V. RYAN, United States Attorney

(CA Bar # 118321)

JAMES CODA, Assistant United States Attorney

(WI Bar # 1012669)

450 Golden Gate Avenue, P.O. Box 36055

San Francisco, CA 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-6967

Facsimile: (415) 436-7234

SUE ELLEN WOOLDRIDGE, Assistant Attorney General

United States Department of Justice

Environment and Natural Resources Division

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C-02-1580-JSW Joint Stip. to Suspend Current 

4 Briefing Schedule

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief

SETH M. BARSKY, Assistant Chief

/s/ James A. Maysonett

 

JAMES A. MAYSONETT, Trial Attorney

(D.C. Bar # 463856)

Wildlife and Marine Resources Section

JOHN W. SITHER, Trial Attorney

Law and Policy Section

Benjamin Franklin Station, P.O. Box 4390

Washington, D.C. 20044-4390

Telephone: (202) 514-5484

Facsimile: (202) 514-4231

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP

/s/

 

Louis Leonard III (Ca. Bar No. 226097)

505 Montgomery Street, Suite 1900

San Francisco, California 94111-2562

Telephone: (415) 391-0600

Facsimile: (415) 395-8095

Kenneth W. Weinstein (Bar No. 194548)

Janice M. Schneider (D.C. Bar No. 472037)

Amy L. Stein (D.C. Bar No. 473625)

555 Eleventh Street, N.W., Suite 1000

Washington, D.C. 20004-1304

Telephone: (202) 637-2200

Facsimile: (202) 637-2201

Attorneys for Intervenor Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.

/s/ J. Michael Klise

 

J. Michael Klise (pro hac vice)

Steven P. Quarles (D.C. Bar No. 351668)

CROWELL & MORING LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004-2595

(202) 624-2500

Fax: (202) 628-5116

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jmklise@crowell.com

Attorneys for Intervenors Western Plant Health Association, et

al. 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED:

__________ ____________________________________

DATE JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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March 22, 2006

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C-02-1580-JSW Joint Stip. to Suspend Current 

Briefing Schedule

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that, on March 21, 2006, copies of the parties’ Joint Stipulation to

Suspend Current Briefing Schedule were submitted to the Court electronically for filing and

service on Brent Plater, Brendan R. Cummings, and Michael W. Graf, counsel for Plaintiff;

Peter B. Ackerman and J. Michael Klise, counsel for amici; and Kenneth W. Weinstein,

Janice M. Schneider, Amy L. Stein, and Louis Golden Leonard, counsel for proposed

intervenors Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.

/s/ James A. Maysonett

______________________________

JAMES A. MAYSONETT

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