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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 05:702 Administrative Procedure Act

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Parties’ Second Stip. and Order Re: Mot. for Attorneys’ Fees, Case No. 05-CV-01207 OWW GSA 

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KATHERINE POOLE, State Bar No. 195010

MICHAEL E. WALL, State Bar No. 170238

Natural Resources Defense Council

111 Sutter St., 20th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

kpoole@nrdc.org; mwall@nrdc.org

Telephone: (415) 875-6100

HAMILTON CANDEE, State Bar No. 111376

CASEY ROBERTS, State Bar No. 253474

Altshuler Berzon LLP

177 Post Street, Suite 300

San Francisco, CA 94108

hcandee@altshulerberzon.com; croberts@altshulerberzon.com

Telephone: (415) 421-7151

Attorneys for Plaintiff NRDC

TRENT W. ORR, State Bar No. 77656

MICHAEL R. SHERWOOD, State Bar No. 63702

Earthjustice

426 17th Street, 5th Floor

Oakland, CA 94612

torr@earthjustice.org; msherwood@earthjustice.org

Telephone: (510) 550-6700

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE 

COUNCIL, et al., 

Plaintiffs,

v.

KENNETH LEE SALAZAR, in his official 

capacity as Secretary of Interior, et al., 

Defendants.

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SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER 

AUTHORITY, et al., 

Defendant-Intervenors.

ANDERSON-COTTONWOOD IRRIGATION 

DISTRICT, et al.,

 Joined Parties.

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Case No. 05-CV-01207 OWW GSA

PARTIES’ SECOND STIPULATION AND 

ORDER RE: MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ 

FEES

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To facilitate settlement discussions regarding Plaintiffs’ claim for attorneys’ fees and costs in 

this case, Plaintiffs Natural Resources Defense Council, et al. (“Plaintiffs”) and Defendants Kenneth

Lee Salazar, Secretary of Interior, et al. (“Federal Defendants”) jointly move this Court to stay 

briefing on Plaintiffs’ motion for an award of attorneys’ fees and costs for 90 days. In support of 

this motion, Plaintiffs and Federal Defendants stipulate as follows: 

1. Judgment was entered in this case on September 23, 2009. Doc. 873. On October 8, 

2009, the Court entered an order extending the deadline for Plaintiffs to file a motion for attorneys’ 

fees, costs and other expenses to December 22, 2009, assuming no appeal. Doc. 875. Subsequently, 

several parties timely appealed, including Plaintiffs and Federal Defendants, suspending the timeline 

for filing a motion for fees, costs and other expenses. Doc. 881; Doc. 883. 

2. Concurrently with this joint motion and stipulation, Plaintiffs have filed a motion for 

an award of attorneys’ fees and costs for their work on this litigation. Before filing their motion for 

award of attorneys’ fees and costs, Plaintiffs presented Federal Defendants with a confidential 

request to settle their claim, which request includes the amount sought to date, an itemized statement 

of the actual time expended by attorneys, experts, and other personnel representing or appearing on 

behalf of the Plaintiffs, and the rates at which fees and other expenses were computed. Federal 

Defendants are, thus, in receipt of the information specified by EAJA, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(B), as 

well as Local Rule 293, and will not be prejudiced by Plaintiffs deferring the filing of memoranda, 

evidentiary and other materials supporting their motion at this time. 

3. Discussions regarding Plaintiffs’ request are ongoing, and Plaintiffs and Federal 

Defendants seek additional time to attempt to settle Plaintiffs’ claims without unnecessarily 

burdening the Court. Plaintiffs and Federal Defendants agree that briefing and argument on 

Plaintiffs’ claim for fees and costs may be unnecessary in light of the parties’ intent to attempt to 

settle Plaintiffs’ claim. 

4. Accordingly, Plaintiffs and Federal Defendants agree that further proceedings on 

Plaintiffs’ motion for an award of fees and costs, including the filing of memoranda and evidentiary 

and other materials supporting that motion, should be stayed for 90 days. At that time, Plaintiffs and 

Federal Defendants will either jointly propose a briefing schedule to address Plaintiffs’ motion for 

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fees and costs, or the parties shall otherwise apprise this Court of the status of Plaintiffs’ motion and 

any request for action by this Court. If the parties are unable to reach a settlement of Plaintiffs’

claim, Plaintiffs will supplement their motion for award of attorneys’ fees and costs with 

documentation of all time and expenses sought, including the additional time spent in seeking fees. 

Based on the joint stipulation set forth above, the parties respectfully request that this Court 

stay briefing and argument on Plaintiffs’ concurrently filed motion for an award of attorneys’ fees 

and costs for 90 days from the date of the Court’s order granting such stay, in the manner provided

above. 

Respectfully submitted this 29th day of July, 2010.

DATED: July 29, 2010 /s/ Trent W. Orr 

TRENT W. ORR

Attorney for Plaintiffs

/s/ Katherine S. Poole_______

KATHERINE S. POOLE

Attorney for Plaintiff

Natural Resources Defense Council

JOHN CRUDEN

Acting Assistant Attorney General 

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief

United States Department of Justice

Environment and Natural Resources Division

/s/ Bradley Oliphant (as authorized 7/29/10)

BRADLEY OLIPHANT, Trial Attorney

United States Department of Justice 

Wildlife and Marine Resources Section

Benjamin Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369

Telephone: (202) 305-0207

Facsimile: (202) 305-0275

WILLIAM SHAPIRO, Trial Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

501 I Street, Suite 9-700

Sacramento, CA 95814-2322

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 30, 2010 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END:

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