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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:4321 Review of Agency Action-Environment

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Stipulation on Attorneys Fees and Costs; [Proposed] Order 

Case Nos. 05-3508-EDL and 05-04038-EDL

IGNACIA S. MORENO 

Assistant Attorney General 

BARCLAY T. SAMFORD (NM SBN 12323) 

United States Department of Justice 

Environment and Natural Resources Division 

1961 Stout Street, 8th Floor 

Denver, CO 80294 

Telephone: (303) 844-1475 

Facsimile: (303) 844-1350 

Clay.Samford@usdoj.gov 

BEVERLY F. LI (WABN 33267) 

Trial Attorney 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Environment & Natural Resources Div. 

P.O. Box 663 

Washington, DC 20044-0663 

Telephone: (202) 353-9213 

Facsimile: (202) 305-0274 

IN THE U.S. DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., ) Case No. 05-03508-EDL 

) Consolidated with 

Plaintiffs, ) 

)

v. ) 

) 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ) 

AGRICULTURE, et al., ) 

)

 Defendants. ) Case No. 05-04038-EDL 

THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY, et al., ) 

) STIPULATION ON 

Plaintiffs, ) ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND 

) COSTS; [PROPOSED] ORDER

v. ) 

)

UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, et al., ) 

)

Defendants ) 

________________________________________________) 

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 Plaintiffs and Federal Defendants in The Wilderness Society et al. v. United States Forest 

Service, Case No. 05-04038-EDL, by their undersigned attorneys, hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. Federal Defendants agree to settle the claim for costs and attorneys’ fees of 

Plaintiffs (filed December 15, 2009) for five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00), of which 

$275,000.00 shall come from the Judgment Fund, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 1540(g)(4), and 

$225,000.00 shall come from the United States Forest Service, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). 

2. Payment, as identified in Paragraph 1 above, shall be accomplished by electronic 

fund transfer(s) into the Client Trust Account of plaintiffs’ attorneys, Earthjustice. Undersigned 

counsel for Plaintiffs shall provide the appropriate account number and any other information 

needed to make payment to the undersigned counsel for Defendants. Defendants shall submit 

the necessary paperwork for payment to the Department of the Treasury’s Judgment Fund Office 

pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 1540(g)(4) and to appropriate Forest Service authorities within twenty 

(20) business days after this stipulation is entered by the Court or Plaintiffs provide the 

information required to facilitate the payment, whichever is later. Plaintiffs’ attorneys shall 

notify the Defendants’ attorneys when payment is received. 

3. Plaintiffs agree to accept payment of $500,000.00 in full satisfaction of any and 

all claims for attorneys’ fees and costs in the above-captioned litigation. 

4. Plaintiffs’ attorneys are receiving funds in trust for Plaintiffs, and Plaintiffs agree 

to this procedure. Plaintiffs and their attorneys agree to hold harmless Defendants in any 

litigation, further suit, or claim arising from the payment of the agreed-upon $500,000.00 

settlement amount pursuant to Paragraph 2. 

5. This Stipulation is the result of compromise and settlement, and it is based on and 

limited solely to the facts involved in this case. This stipulation does not represent an admission 

by any party to any fact, claim, or defense concerning any issue in this case. Further, this 

Stipulation has no precedential value and shall not be used as evidence by either Federal 

Defendants or Plaintiffs in any other litigation except as necessary to enforce the terms of the 

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stipulation. Nothing in this Stipulation shall be interpreted as, or shall constitute, a requirement 

that Defendants are obligated to pay any funds exceeding those available, or take any action in 

contravention of the Anti-Deficiency Act, 31 U.S.C. § 1341, or any other applicable 

appropriations law. 

6. The undersigned representatives of Plaintiffs and Federal Defendants certify that 

they are fully authorized by the respective Parties whom they represent to enter into the terms 

and conditions of this Stipulated Agreement and to legally bind such Parties to it. 

7. Nothing in the terms of this Stipulation shall be construed to limit or deny the 

power of a federal official to promulgate or amend regulations. 

8. This Stipulation represents the entirety of the undersigned Parties’ commitments 

with regard to settlement. The terms of this agreement shall become effective upon approval by 

the Court of this Stipulation. 

IT IS HEREBY AGREED. 

Dated: January 29, 2010 IGNACIA S. MORENO 

Attorney General 

 /s/ Barclay T. Samford 

BARCLAY T. SAMFORD (NMBN 12323) 

Trial Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice 

Environment & Natural Resources Div. 

1961 Stout Street 

Denver, CO 80294 

Tel: (303) 844-1475 

Fax: (303) 844-1350 

clay.samford@usdoj.gov

On behalf of Federal Defendants 

 /s/ Kristen L. Boyles _______________________ KRISTEN L. BOYLES 

Earthjustice

705 Second Avenue, Suite 203 

Seattle, WA 98104-1711 

(206) 343-7340 | Phone 

(206) 343-1526 | Fax 

kboyles@earthjustice.org

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On behalf of Plaintiffs 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Entered on this ___ day of February, 2010. 

_________________ ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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