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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 05:702 Administrative Procedure Act

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MATTHEW J. McKEOWN

Acting Assistant Attorney General

United States Department of Justice

Environment and Natural Resources Division

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief

JOSEPH H. KIM, Trial Attorney

Wildlife and Marine Resources Section

P.O. Box 7369 

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369

(202) 305-0207

(202) 305-0275 (fax)

joseph.kim@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendants

Dirk Kempthorne and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY,

et al., 

 

Plaintiffs, 

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KEMPTHORNE, et al., 

Defendants, 

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NO. C-06-4186-WHA

STIPULATED SETTLEMENT

AGREEMENT AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER ON ATTORNEYS’ FEES 

AND COSTS

Plaintiffs, Center for Biological Diversity, Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center, Cascadia

Wildlands Project, Oregon Wild (formerly Oregon Natural Resources Council), and Environmental

Protection Information Center (collectively, “Plaintiffs”), and Defendants, Dirk Kempthorne,

Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS” or the

“Service”) (collectively, “Defendants”), by and through their undersigned counsel, state as follows:

WHEREAS, on January 19, 2007, this Court entered an order and judgment granting

Plaintiffs motion for summary judgment in this case (Docket Nos. 37 and 38); 

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STIPULATED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT 

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER - 2

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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Defendants (collectively, the “Parties”) agreed that Plaintiffs are

entitled to reasonable costs of litigation, including attorney’s fees, pursuant to 16 U.S.C. §

1540(g)(4) (see Docket No. 57); and 

WHEREAS, the Court set forth a procedure for the Parties to determine the amount of such

reasonable costs of litigation, including attorney’s fees (see Docket No. 58); 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS STIPULATED BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES AS

FOLLOWS: 

1. The Parties agree to settle all of Plaintiffs’ claims for costs and attorneys’ fees in the

above-captioned litigation for a total of $110,000.00. Such funds will be deposited electronically

into an account of Western Environmental Law Center as directed by Amy Atwood, one of

Plaintiffs’ undersigned counsel. 

2. Defendants agree to submit all necessary paperwork for the processing of this

settlement amount to the Department of the Treasury’s Judgment Fund Office, pursuant to 16 U.S.C.

§ 1540(g)(4), within ten (10) business days of receipt of the court order approving this stipulation.

3. Plaintiffs agree to accept payment of $110,000.00 in full satisfaction of any and all

claims for attorneys’ fees and costs of litigation to which Plaintiffs are entitled in the abovecaptioned litigation, through and including the date of this agreement. 

4. Plaintiffs agree that receipt of this payment from Defendants shall operate as a release

of Plaintiffs’ claims for attorneys’ fees and costs in this matter, through and including the date of

this agreement. 

5. By this agreement, Defendants do not waive any right to contest fees claimed by

Plaintiffs or Plaintiffs’ counsel, including the hourly rate, in any future litigation. Further, this

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STIPULATED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT 

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER - 3

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stipulation as to attorneys’ fees and costs has no precedential value and shall not be used as evidence

in any other attorneys’ fees litigation. 

6. The Parties agree that this Settlement Agreement (“Agreement”) was negotiated in

good faith and it constitutes a settlement of claims that were vigorously contested, denied, and

disputed by the Parties. By entering into this Agreement the Parties do not waive any claim or

defense. 

7. The undersigned representatives of each party certify that they are fully authorized

by the party or parties they represent to agree to the Court’s entry of the terms and conditions of this

Agreement and do hereby agree to the terms herein. 

8. The terms of this Agreement shall become effective upon entry of an order by the

Court ratifying the Agreement. 

Dated: May 22, 2007 Respectfully submitted, 

 s/ Amy Atwood (by J. Kim, w/ permission) MATTHEW J. McKEOWN

Amy Atwood Acting Assistant Attorney General

Western Environmental Law Center United States Department of Justice

1216 Lincoln Ave. Environment and Natural Resources Division

Eugene, OR 97401 JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief

Wildlife and Marine Resources Section

 s/ Erin Madden (by J. Kim, w/ permission) 

Erin Madden s/ Joseph H. Kim 

4803 SE Woodward #135 JOSEPH H. KIM, Trial Attorney

Portland, OR 97206 Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369

 s/ Sharon Duggan (by J. Kim, w/ permission) (202) 305-0207

Sharon Duggan joseph.kim@usdoj.gov

Law Offices of Sharon E. Duggan

370 Grand Ave., Suite 5 Attorneys for Defendants

Oakland, CA 94610

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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STIPULATED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT 

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER - 4

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PROPOSED ORDER

The terms and conditions of this Stipulated Settlement Agreement are hereby adopted as an

enforceable ORDER of this Court. 

Dated: this day of 2007.

 

United States District Judge

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23 May

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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