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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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JT. STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE BRIEFING ON PLS. 

AMENDED MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS – 08-1927 CW

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TRENT W. ORR, State Bar No. 77656 

GREGORY C. LOARIE, State Bar No. 215859 

Earthjustice 

426 17th Street, 5th Floor 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Tel (510) 550-6725 / Fax (510) 550-6749 

gloarie@earthjustice.org 

torr@earthjustice.org 

TIMOTHY J. PRESO, Pro Hac Vice

Earthjustice 

209 S. Willson Avenue 

Bozeman, MT 59718 

Tel (406) 586-9699 / Fax (406) 586-9695 

tpreso@earthjustice.org 

SIERRA B. WEAVER, Pro Hac Vice 

Defenders of Wildlife 

1130 17th Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20036-4604 

Tel (202) 772-3274 

sweaver@defenders.org 

Counsel for Plaintiffs DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, et al. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

CITIZENS FOR BETTER FORESTRY, et al.,

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

U.S. DEPT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. C 08-1927 CW 

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER RE 

BRIEFING ON PLAINTIFFS 

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE et al.’s 

AMENDED MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ 

FEES AND COSTS 

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

THOMAS VILSACK, et al., 

 Defendants. 

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Plaintiffs Defenders of Wildlife, et al. (“Defenders”) and Defendants Thomas Vilsack, et al.

(“Federal Defendants”) hereby stipulate to and respectfully request that the Court enter an order 

amending the briefing deadlines on Defenders’ amended motion for attorneys’ fees and costs. The 

parties respectfully request that Defenders have until February 12, 2010 to file their amended motion 

for fees and costs, that Federal Defendants have until March 16, 2010 to file their opposition, and 

that Defenders have until March 30, 2010 to file their reply. In support of this motion, Defenders 

and Federal Defendants stipulate as follows: 

1. On September 28, 2009, Defenders filed a motion for an award of attorneys’ fees, costs, 

and other expenses in this case. Doc. 75. 

2. On October 1, 2009, the Court granted the parties’ first stipulation, Doc. 74, to stay 

briefing for 60 days to allow settlement discussions regarding Defenders’ motion for attorneys’ fees 

and costs. Doc. 76. On December 1, 2009, the Court granted the parties’ second stipulation, Doc. 

81, for a further stay of briefing until December 9, 2009. Doc. 83. 

3. On December 9, 2009, Defenders and Federal Defendants informed the Court that they 

were unable to reach a settlement of the matter of attorneys’ fees and costs. Doc. 85. Defenders and 

Federal Defendants agreed to a schedule whereby Defenders’ amended motion would be filed by 

February 10, 2010; Federal Defendants’ opposition would be filed by March 12, 2010; and 

Defenders’ reply would be filed by March 26, 2010. Id. On December 21, 2009, the Court 

approved the parties’ agreed-upon schedule. Doc. 86. 

4. The undersigned lead counsel for Defenders is also lead counsel in a separate, unrelated 

action representing a group of defendant-intervenors in San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Auth. v. 

Salazar, Civ. No. 09-0407-0WW, and consolidated actions (E.D. Cal.). Subsequent to the time the 

Court approved the parties’ agreed-upon schedule for Defenders’ amended motion, on January 25, 

2010, the plaintiffs in the San Luis action informed defendant parties therein that they would be 

seeking a temporary restraining order against implementation of various measures intended to 

protect the delta smelt under the Endangered Species Act. At a status conference on January 26, the 

court set a schedule for a hearing on the TRO motion for February 2, 2010 in Fresno. The 

undersigned lead counsel for Defenders had to spend all of his work time since the morning of 

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January 27, including the weekend, through February 2, 2010, on opposition to this TRO motion. 

For this reason, undersigned counsel for Defenders requires two days additional time to prepare 

Defenders’ amended motion for fees and costs. 

5. Accordingly, Defenders and Federal Defendants agree that the Court’s order on the 

briefing schedule for Defenders’ amended motion for an award of attorneys’ fees and costs 

should be amended to permit Defenders to file their amended motion for fees and costs by 

February 12, 2010, Federal Defendants to file their opposition by March 16, 2010, and Defenders 

to file their reply by March 30, 2010. 

 Respectfully submitted this 3rd day of February, 2010, 

/s/ Trent W. Orr___________ TRENT W. ORR 

Attorney for Plaintiffs Defenders of Wildlife, et al. 

JOHN C. CRUDEN 

Acting Assistant Attorney General 

Environment and Natural Resources Division 

/s/ Peter C. Whitfield (authorized 2/3/2010) PETER C. WHITFIELD 

Trial Attorney 

Attorneys for Defendants 

ORDER 

Pursuant to the stipulation of the parties, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 2/4/10 

 CLAUDIA WILKEN 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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