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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 

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STIPULATION & ORDER

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DENNIS J. HERRERA, Cal. Bar. No. 139669

City Attorney

Jonathan Knapp, Cal. Bar. No. 262830

Deputy City Attorney

Fox Plaza

1390 Market Street, Suite 418

San Francisco, California 94102-5408

Telephone: (415) 554-4261

Facsimile: (415) 554-8793

E-Mail: jonathan.knapp@sfgov.org

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor 

The City and County of San Francisco

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL 

SCIENCE, ACCURACY & RELIABILITY, et 

al.,

Plaintiffs,

vs.

THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:14-cv-02063 LJO (MJS)

STIPULATION FOR ORDER ENLARGING 

TIME FOR DEFENDANT-INTERVENOR 

CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 

TO FILE COST BILL AND MOTION FOR 

ATTORNEYS’ FEES

Judge: Hon. Lawrence J. O’Neill

Hon. Michael J. Seng

U.S. Magistrate Judge

THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN 

FRANCISCO, 

Defendant-Intervenor.

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Pursuant to Local Rule 144(a), the parties to the judgment stipulate and seek an order of the 

Court enlarging the time for Defendant-Intervenor City and County of San Francisco (“City”) to file 

its bill of costs and motion for attorneys’ fees, until 30 days after any appeal in this case becomes final, 

or in the event that no appeal is filed, until 30 days after the deadline for filing an appeal in this case.

On August 29, 2016, the Court entered judgment in favor of the National Park Service 

(“NPS”), an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior (“Interior”), and various NPS and Interior 

officials (collectively, “Federal Defendants”) and the City.

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(d)(2)(B)(i) provides that unless a court order mandates 

otherwise, a motion for attorneys’ fees and related expenses must “be filed no later than 14 days after 

the entry of judgment.” Local Rule 293(a) provides that “[m]otions for awards of attorneys’ fees to 

prevailing parties pursuant to statute shall be filed not later than twenty-eight (28) days after entry of 

final judgment.” Here, the deadline for the City’s fee motion is September 26, 2016. Rule 54(d)(1) 

sets no deadline for the prevailing party to present a cost bill to the clerk.

Here, because Plaintiffs have not yet indicated whether they intend to appeal the judgment, the 

parties have stipulated and seek an order of the Court enlarging the City’s time to file their cost bill 

and attorneys’ fees motion to 30 days after final resolution of the appeal, or, in the event that Plaintiffs 

do not appeal the judgment, 30 days after the deadline to appeal the judgment has expired.

This enlargement would allow the Court to rule on all fee issues at the conclusion of the case, 

potentially including fees incurred on appeal, rather than in piecemeal fashion, and would thus 

promote judicial economy. Other courts have granted similar extensions. See, e.g., Planned 

Parenthood of Cent. New Jersey v. Attorney General of State of New Jersey (3d Cir. 2002) 297 F.3d 

253, 258 (observing that “the District Court entered an order extending the time to file for attorneys' 

fees until 30 days after the conclusion of all appeals in the case.”); Perry v. Schwarzenegger, N.D. Cal. 

No. 3:09-cv-02292-VRW, Order (Aug. 24, 2010) (Dkt. No. 744). Indeed, the Advisory Committee 

notes to the 1993 Amendments to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54 expressly provide that courts 

may permit claims for fees and costs to be filed after resolution of appeals.

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IT IS SO STIPULATED.

Dated: September 15, 2016 By: **/s/Roger Marzulla

ROGER MARZULLA

Attorney for Plaintiffs

Dated: September 15, 2016 By: **/s/Coby Howell

COBY HOWELL

Attorney for Federal Defendants

Dated: September 15, 2016 By: /s/Jonathan Knapp

JONATHAN KNAPP

Attorney for Defendant-Intervenor

**Pursuant to GO 45, the electronic signatory has 

obtained approval from this signatory.

ORDER

Pursuant to stipulation, it is hereby ordered that the City’s deadline to submit a bill of costs and 

file a motion for attorneys’ fees is enlarged to 30 days after final resolution of any appellate 

proceedings in this case, or, in the event that Plaintiffs do not appeal the judgment of this Court, then 

CCSF’s deadline to submit a bill of costs and file a motion for attorneys’ fees will be 30 days after the 

deadline for appealing the Court’s judgment.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 19, 2016 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill _____ 

UNITED STATES CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE

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