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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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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

Eric R. Glitzenstein (D.C. Bar No. 358287) 

Pro Hac Vice 

MEYER, GLITZENSTEIN & CRYSTAL 

1601 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 700 

Washington, D.C., 20009 

Telephone: (202) 588-5206 

Facsimile: (202) 588-5049 

eric@meyerglitz.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Center for Biological

Diversity, Douglas L. Bevington, Diane Ladouceur, 

and Kieran Mulvaney. 

KEVIN V. RYAN 

United States Attorney (SBN 118321) 

JAMES CODA 

Assistant United States Attorney (SBN 1012669 (WI)) 

Northern District of California 

450 Golden Gate Ave., Box 36055 

San Francisco, CA 94102 

THOMAS L. SANSONETTI 

Assistant Attorney General 

Environment and Natural Resources Division 

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief 

Wildlife and Marine Resources Section 

JIMMY A. RODRIGUEZ, Trial Attorney 

Environment and Natural Resources Division 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369 

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369 

(202) 305-0342 (tel.) 

(202) 305-0275 (fax) 

Attorneys for Defendants Don Evans, 

Secretary of Commerce, U.S. Department 

Of Commerce, and William T. Hogarth, 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, 

a non-profit corporation, DOUGLAS L. 

BEVINGTON, an individual, DIANE 

LADOUCEUR, an individual, and KIERAN 

MULVANEY, an individual,

Plaintiffs,

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DON EVANS, Secretary of Commerce, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, and WILLIAM T. 

HOGARTH, Assistant Administrator for 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, 

Defendants.

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Case No.: C-04-4496-WHA 

PLAINTIFFS’ AND FEDERAL 

DEFENDANTS’ STIPULATION AND 

SETTLEMENT REGARDING FEES 

AND COSTS, AND PROPOSED ORDER 

Whereas plaintiffs have moved for an award of fees and costs against the federal 

defendants under the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1540(g)(4) (“ESA”), for the time and 

costs they have expended on this litigation; 

 Whereas the Court, on September 14, 2005, entered an Order Finding Plaintiffs’ Entitled 

to Attorneys’ Fees under the ESA;

 Whereas plaintiffs and federal defendants desire to resolve plaintiffs’ claim for fees and 

costs without the need for an expenditure of significant additional time or resources on that issue 

by the parties or the Court; 

 Whereas plaintiffs and federal defendants agree that it is in the public interest to avoid a 

protracted dispute over the fee and cost issue; 

 Whereas plaintiffs and federal defendants have now reached a settlement of the fee and 

cost claim that does not entail any concession of law or fact by either plaintiffs or federal 

defendants;

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 It is therefore stipulated and agreed to, by and between plaintiffs and federal defendants 

that:

 1. Federal defendants will pay plaintiffs, pursuant to section 11(g) of the ESA, 

$97,000.00 in full settlement of plaintiffs’ claim for attorneys’ fees and costs through the date of 

the filing of this Stipulation. Defendants will issue a check in that amount to: 

 Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal 

 Suite 700 

 1601 Connecticut Ave., N.W. 

 Washington, D.C. 20009. 

 2 Defendants agree to submit all necessary paperwork to funding authorities at the

Department of the Treasury within ten (10) business days of receipt of the signed court order 

approving this stipulation. 

3. It is further stipulated that this Stipulation and agreement applies only to attorneys’ 

time and litigation costs expended prior to the date of the filing of this Stipulation. It does not 

waive plaintiffs’ right to seek fees or costs for time expended in this or any other litigation 

following the date of the filing of this Stipulation. Defendants reserve the right to contest any 

future attempt to seek fees or costs by plaintiffs. 

 4. Paragraphs 2-15 of the Court’s September 14, 2005 Order should be vacated as moot 

since this Stipulation renders the process set forth in those paragraph unnecessary. 

 5. This stipulation as to attorneys’ fees and costs has no precedential value and its 

contents shall not be used as evidence in any other attorneys’ fees litigation. By this agreement, 

defendants do not waive any right to contest fees claimed by plaintiffs or plaintiffs’ counsel, 

including the hourly rate, in any future litigation. 

 6. In an e-mail dated Thursday, September 27, 2005, Counsel for the defendants, Mr. 

Jimmy A. Rodriguez, authorized plaintiffs’ counsel to sign this joint stipulation and enter it in 

the ECF system. 

Respectfully submitted on September 27, 2005, 

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/s/ 

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

/s/ 

Eric R. Glitzenstein (D.C. Bar No. 358287) 

Pro Hac Vice 

Meyer & Glitzenstein 

1601 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 700 

Washington, D.C., 20009 

Telephone: (202) 588-5206 

Facsimile: (202) 588-5049 

eric@meyerglitz.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Center for Biological

Diversity, Douglas L. Bevington, Diane Ladouceur, 

and Kieran Mulvaney. 

/s/ 

Jimmy A. Rodriquez, Trial Attorney 

Jean E. Williams, Chief 

Wildlife & Marine Resources Section 

Environment and Natural Resources Division 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369 

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369 

(202) 305-0342 (tel.) 

(202) 305-0275 (fax) 

Attorneys for Defendants Don Evans, 

Secretary of Commerce, U.S. Department 

Of Commerce, and William T. Hogarth, 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service 

 

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SO ORDERED: 

U.S. District Judge

Dated: , 2005 Sept. 28

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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