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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 05:551 Administrative Procedure Act

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

YOSHINORI H. T. HIMEL

Assistant United States Attorney

Eastern District of California

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 554-2760 telephone

(916) 554-2900 facsimile

RONALD J. TENPAS, Acting Assistant Attorney General

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief

LAWSON E. FITE, Trial Attorney, Oregon Bar No. 05557

Wildlife & Marine Resources Section

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Benjamin Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369

(202) 305-0217 (telephone)

(202) 305-0275 (facsimile)

lawson.fite@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

SOUTH YUBA RIVER CITIZENS LEAGUE and

FRIENDS OF THE RIVER,

Plaintiffs,

v.

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:06-cv-02845-LKK-JFM

STIPULATION AND ORDER

CONTINUING HEARING ON

FEDERAL DEFENDANTS’

MOTION FOR PROTECTIVE

ORDER

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs in this action have propounded the following discovery on Federal

Defendants (collectively “Plaintiffs’ discovery”): Plaintiffs’ First Set of Interrogatories and First Set of

Requests for Production to Defendants National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”), Carlos M.

Gutierrez, and Rodney McInnis, served May 21, 2007; Plaintiffs’ First Set of Interrogatories and First

Set of Requests for Production to Defendants United States ArmyCorps of Engineers(“the Corps”), Pete

Geren, and Ronald L. Light, served May 21, 2007; Plaintiffs’ Notice of Deposition of Michael Tucker,

noted forJune 25, 2007; Plaintiffs’ First Set of Requests for Admission to Defendants NMFS, Carlos M.

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Gutierrez, and Rodney McInnis, served June 2, 2007; and Plaintiffs’ First Set of Requests for Admission

to Defendants the Corps, Pete Geren, and Ronald L. Light, served June 2, 2007. 

WHEREAS, on June 11, 2007, Federal Defendants moved this Court for a Protective Order that

Plaintiffs’ discovery not be had, on the basis that review in this case is limited to the Administrative

Record;

WHEREAS, hearing on Federal Defendants’ motion is currently set for September 6, 2007;

WHEREAS, a one-week continuance of the hearing would allow the parties to ensure that their

statement regarding the Motion for Protective Order is sufficiently complete;

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby stipulated between Plaintiffs and Federal Defendants, by and

through counsel, that the hearing on Federal Defendants’ Motion for Protective Order is continued to

September 13, 2007.

Dated: August 17, 2007 McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

YOSHINORI H. T. HIMEL

Assistant United States Attorney

RONALD J. TENPAS, Acting Asst. Attorney General

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief

 /s/ Lawson E. Fite 

LAWSON E. FITE, Trial Attorney, Oregon Bar No. 05557

United States Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Wildlife & Marine Resources Section

Ben Franklin Station 

P.O. Box 7369

Washington, DC 20044-7369

Phone: (202) 305-0217

Fax: (202) 305-0275

Email: lawson.fite@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

Dated: August 17, 2007 /s/ Megan M. Anderson (as authorized on 8/16/07)

MEGAN M. ANDERSON

Environmental Advocates

5135 Anza Street

San Francisco, CA 94121

tel: (530) 277-5758 

fax: (415) 358-5695

manderson@enviroadvocates.com

Attorney for Plaintiffs

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ORDER

The Court having read and considered the foregoing stipulation, and good cause appearing,

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 20, 2007.

/southyuba.con

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