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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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[PROPOSED] ORDER FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

05-cv-00397 CRB

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

SIERRA CLUB, et al.

Plaintiffs,

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BOSWORTH, et al.,

Defendants.

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[PROPOSED] TEMPORARY

RESTRAINING ORDER AND

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Case No.: C 05-00397-CRB

Related Case No. C 04-02588-CRB

Related Case No. C 05-00898 CRB

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Plaintiffs have moved for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction

pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(b) and Civil L.R. 65-1, requesting this

Court to enjoin Defendants and their contractors from taking any further action to

implement the “Saddle Fuels Reduction Project” activities within the Giant Sequoia

National Monument, located in the Sequoia National Forest.

Upon consideration of the parties’ briefs and evidentiary materials and after

hearing argument, IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Temporary Restraining

Order is GRANTED.

Plaintiffs have a combination of probable success on the merits and there is the

possibility of irreparable injury; or serious questions are raised and the balance of the

hardships tips in Plaintiffs’ favor. Plaintiffs have demonstrated a likelihood of success on

their claims that logging 2,000 acres of prime habitat of the imperiled Pacific fisher in

the Giant Sequoia National Monument, pursuant to a 1999 Environmental Assessment,

violates the Forest Service’s obligations to address significant new information under the

National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. §4321 et seq. and the Council on

Environmental Quality regulations found at 40 C.F.R. § 1502.9(c)(1)(ii) (2002).

Plaintiffs have also demonstrated a likelihood of success on their claims that the

Saddle Fuels Reduction Project is not “grandfathered” under the terms of the Giant

Sequoia National Monument Proclamation. Irreparable harm is threatened to the Pacific

fisher and the Giant Sequoia National Monument inasmuch as approximately 31,000 trees

will be cut, wildlife will be disturbed, and the ecological integrity and vital habitat values

of the area would be irreparably altered if the logging is allowed to continue.

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Defendants Dale Bosworth, Jack Blackwell, Kent Connaughton, Arthur Gaffrey,

the United States Forest Service, Mike Johanns, and the United States Department of

Agriculture and their contractors are hereby enjoined from taking any further action to

implement the Saddle Fuels Reduction Project within the Giant Sequoia National

Monument and the Sequoia National Forest, including permitting, commencing or

continuing any ground disturbing activities, such as the grading for or construction of

roads, or commencing or continuing any timbering activities such as the cutting, logging,

or removal of trees or logs from any part of the project area.

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b), this temporary restraining order is in effect for

10 days from the date of this order after which time it may be renewed for an additional

10 days. Plaintiffs are required to serve a copy of the temporary restraining order and all

supporting pleadings and papers on the defendants no later than ___________________.

The hearing on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction shall be set for hearing on

_______________. Defendants shall serve responsive papers on or before _________

and Plaintiffs shall file any reply on or before __________.

Further, as this case and the issues involved are ones involving the public interest

in the protected objects of the Giant Sequoia National Monument, the Court orders that

no bond is required in this case.

ORDERED this ______ day of __________________, 2005, at __________ in

the City of San Francisco, California.

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DISTRICT JUDGE

August 16, @ 2:30

p.m.

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in the amouont of $5000.

9th August 5 p.m.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

APPROVED

Judge Charles R. Breyer

Intervener permitted to remove downed logs as of 8/9/05 in the tractor logging units - 

CRB

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