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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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STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING; 

 [PROPOSED] ORDER 1 Case No. 3:13-cv-2857-JSW-KAW 

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JOHN C. CRUDEN 

Assistant Attorney General 

JOHN THOMAS H. DO 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station 

Washington, D.C. 20044 

(202) 514-2593 

john.do@usdoj.gov 

Counsel for Defendants 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OUR CHILDREN’S EARTH FOUNDATION and 

ECOLOGICAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY, et al., 

 Defendants. 

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Case No. 3:13-cv-2857-JSW-KAW 

STIPULATION TO CONTINUE 

HEARING; 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

Plaintiffs Our Children’s Earth Foundation and Ecological Rights Foundation (“Plaintiffs”), 

and Defendants U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Gina McCarthy, Administrator, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency (“Defendants”) hereby stipulate and respectfully request a Court 

order continuing the hearing on Plaintiffs’ motion for attorneys’ fees and costs currently scheduled 

for September 3, 2015. 

 WHEREAS, on February 26, 2015, Plaintiffs filed Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs, 

Dkt. # 59, and that motion has been fully briefed; 

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WHEREAS, on May 20, 2015, the Court continued the motion hearing on Plaintiffs’ motion 

to September 3, 2015, Dkt. # 70; 

WHEREAS, undersigned counsel for federal Defendants underwent an unexpected medical 

procedure on September 2, 2015, and has been instructed not to travel; 

WHEREAS, undersigned counsel for federal Defendants must undergo another medical 

procedure in the near future, but that procedure has not yet been scheduled; 

WHEREAS, undersigned counsel for federal Defendants represents that he requires a 

continuation of the motions hearing to recover from these medical procedures before he is able to 

travel for this hearing; 

NOW THEREFORE, the parties respectfully request that the Court enter the attached order 

providing Defendants until September 11, 2015 to file a stipulation providing the Court with a list of 

potential dates to continue the hearing for Plaintiffs’ Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs, Dkt. # 

59. 

 Respectfully submitted this 2nd day of September, 2015. 

 s/ Jodene Isaacs_(as authorized)_ 

CHRISTOPHER A. SPROUL 

JODENE ISAACS 

Environmental Advocates 

5135 Anza Street 

San Francisco, California 94121 

Telephone: (415) 533-3376 

Facsimile: (415) 358-5695 

Email: csproul@enviroadvocates.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

JOHN C. CRUDEN 

Assistant Attorney General 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

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 s/ John Thomas H. Do 

JOHN THOMAS H. DO, Trial Attorney 

Environmental Defense Section 

P.O. Box 7611, Ben Franklin Station 

Washington, D.C. 20044 

(202) 514-2593 (Phone); (202) 514-8865 (Fax) 

john.do@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for Defendants 

E-FILING ATTESTATION 

 Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5.1(i)(3), I attest that counsel for Defendants has concurred 

in the filing of this document. 

 s/ John Thomas H. Do 

JOHN THOMAS H. Do 

U.S. Department of Justice 

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

 The above STIPULATION TO CONTINUE HEARING is GRANTED. The parties shall 

have until September 11, 2015 to file a stipulation providing a list of potential dates to continue 

the hearing on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs, Dkt. # 59. 

Dated:________________ ______________________________ 

 HON. KANDIS A. WESTMORE 

 United States Magistrate Judge 

9/2/15

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