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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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TIMOTHY M. BECHTOLD

Rossbach, Hart, Bechtold, PC

401 N. Washington

P.O. Box 8988

Missoula, Montana 59807

tel: (406) 543-5156; fax: (406) 728-8878

tim@rossbachlaw.com

DONALD B. MOONEY (SBN 153721)

Law Office of Donald B. Mooney

129 C Street, Suite 2

Davis, California 95616

tel: (530) 758-2377; fax: (530) 758-7169

dmooney@dcn.org

Attorneys for Plaintiff

KEVIN V. RYAN (SBN 118321)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (SBN 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

JAMES A. CODA (SBN 1012669 (WI))

Assistant United States Attorney

Environment & Natural Resources Unit

 450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

 San Francisco, California 94102

 Telephone No: (415) 436-6967

 Facsimile No: (415) 436-6748

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEES FOR ) CIVIL NO. 05-02220 SI

ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS, )

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Plaintiff, )

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) STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

 v. )

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UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, )

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Defendant. )

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WHEREAS Plaintiff filed this suit against the United States Forest Service challenging a

Forest Service decision to remove certain burned timber on approximately 169 acres within the

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28 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER; CIVIL NO. 05-02220 SI 2

Sims fire area on the Six Rivers National Forest;

WHEREAS another suit, entitled Environmental Protection and Information Center, et

al., v. United States Forest Service, Civil No. 05-02227 WDB, was filed shortly after this suit

challenging the same Forest Service decision;

WHEREAS the parties here agree that the two cases are related and Plaintiffs in

Environmental Protection and Information Center, et al., v. United States Forest Service, Civil

No. 05-02227 WDB, have filed a notice of related case stating that they believe that action is

related to this case and should be assigned to the Honorable Susan Illston;

 WHEREAS the Forest Service wants to award a contract to the highest bidder

immediately, but is willing to hold off on awarding until a hearing on a motion for a preliminary

injunction, provided that the hearing is no later than June 22, 2005; 

WHEREAS the parties agree that it would be more efficient to not have an immediate

TRO hearing followed shortly thereafter by a preliminary injunction hearing, but instead to only

have a hearing on a preliminary injunction motion; 

NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate as follows:

1. The parties stipulate that the two cases are related and that they should therefore be

assigned to the judge who was assigned the first of the two cases, namely Judge Illston;

2. The parties stipulate that Plaintiff will file its motion for preliminary injunction by

June 13, 2005, and Defendant will file its opposition to that motion on June 20, 2005, with both

sides ensuring that opposing counsel will receive their papers on the day of filing. The parties

further stipulate that the hearing be held on June 22, 2005. Defendant stipulates that it will not

award the contract before the hearing on June 22, 2005.

Respectfully submitted, 

Date: 6/9/05 s/Timothy M. Bechtold

TIMOTHY M. BECHTOLD

Of Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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28 STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER; CIVIL NO. 05-02220 SI 3

KEVIN V. RYAN

United States Attorney

Date: 6/9/05 s/James A. Coda

JAMES A. CODA 

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

Defendant’s counsel attests that the wording of this document is acceptable to Plaintiff’s

counsel.

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date:

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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