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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 30:181 Environment: Review of Agency Action

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ORDER APPROVING SECOND JOINT STIPULATION TO CASE NO. 1:06-CV-01902-AWI-DLB

POSTPONE JOINT SCHEDULING REPORT AND CONFERENCE 

[PROPOSED] 1

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

FRIENDS OF YOSEMITE VALLEY, et al.,)

) CASE NO. 1:06-CV-01902-AWI-DLB

Plaintiffs, )

 ) ORDER APPROVING SECOND JOINT 

v. ) STIPULATION TO POSTPONE 

) JOINT SCHEDULING REPORT AND 

DIRK KEMPTHORNE, in his official ) CONFERENCE 

capacity as Secretary of the Interior, et al., )

)

 Defendants. )

____________________________________)

This matter is before the Court on the parties’ joint stipulation to postpone, for a second

time, the filing of the Joint Scheduling Report for an additional six months until Monday, April

21, 2008, and to postpone the Scheduling Conference until Monday, April 28, 2008. The basis

for the request is that issues now pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

in a related case involving the same parties could affect the present litigation, and the Ninth

Circuit recently postponed the date for oral argument in that appeal.

The Court, having reviewed the parties’ joint stipulation, finds that good cause exists to

approve the joint stipulation and postpone the filing of both the Joint Scheduling Report and the

Scheduling Conference for a second period of six months, with the understanding that the parties

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ORDER APPROVING SECOND JOINT STIPULATION TO CASE NO. 1:06-CV-01902-AWI-DLB

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will report to the Court at that time and indicate whether a further stay of this litigation is

warranted or whether the stay should expire and the case be placed in active status on the Court’s

calendar. The parties shall submit a Joint Scheduling Report by Monday, April 21, 2008, and the

Court will set the Scheduling Conference for Monday, April 28, 2008. Accordingly, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the parties’ joint stipulation is APPROVED. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT the deadline for filing a Joint Scheduling

Conference is postponed until April 21, 2008, and the Scheduling Conference currently set for

Monday, October 29, 2007, is hereby postponed until Monday, April 28, 2008, at 9:00 a.m. The

parties shall notify the Court no later than April 21, 2008, as to whether a further stay is

warranted or whether the case should move forward at that time.

PRESENTED BY:

CHARLES R. SHOCKEY, Attorney

D.C. Bar # 914879

United States Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Natural Resources Section

501 “I” Street, Suite 9-700

Sacramento, CA 95814-2322

Telephone: (916) 930-2203

Facsimile: (916) 930-2210

Email: charles.shockey@usdoj.gov

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 12, 2007 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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