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Nature of Suit Code: 950
Nature of Suit: Contitutionality of State Statutes
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Constitutionality of State Statute(s)

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1 JOINT STIPULATION TO STAY ALL PROCEEDINGS

PENDING INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL

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KENT J. SCHMIDT (SBN 195969)

schmidt.kent@dorsey.com

ZACHARY BULTHUIS (SBN 223825)

bulthuis.zach@dorsey.com

DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP

38 Technology Drive, Suite 100

Irvine, California 92618-5310

Telephone: (949) 932-3600

Facsimile: (949) 932-3601

STEVEN J. WELLS (admitted pro hac vice)

wells.steve@dorsey.com

HEATHER M. MCCANN (admitted pro hac vice)

mccann.heather@dorsey.com

TIMOTHY J. DROSKE (admitted pro hac vice)

droske.tim@dorsey.com

DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP

50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1500

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-1498 

Telephone: (612) 340-2600

Facsimile: (612) 340-2868

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

NATIONAL MEAT ASSOCIATION

MICHELE B. CORASH (CA SBN 103653)

MCorash@mofo.com

WILLIAM F. TARANTINO (CA SBN 215343)

WTarantino@mofo.com

JESSICA OWLEY LIPPMAN (CA SBN 251406)

JLippman@mofo.com

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

425 Market Street

San Francisco, California 94105-2482

Telephone: (415) 268-7000

Attorneys for Plaintiff-Intervenor

AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE

EDMUND G. BROWN JR. (CA SBN 37100)

Attorney General of the State of California

CHRISTOPHER E. KRUEGER (CA SBN 173288)

Senior Assistant Attorney General

DOUGLAS J. WOODS (CA SBN 161531)

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

SUSAN K. LEACH (CA SBN 231575)

Susan.Leach@doj.ca.gov

Deputy Attorney General

300 South Spring Street, Suite 1702

Los Angeles, California 90013

Telephone: (213) 897-2105

Facsimile: (213) 897-1071

Attorneys for Defendants

GOVERNOR ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, 

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ATTORNEY GENERAL EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

and STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SARAH L. CONANT (admitted pro hac vice)

sconant@humanesociety.org

THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES

2100 L Street, NW

Washington, DC 20037

Telephone: (202) 452-1100

Facsimile: (202) 778-6132

PETER A. BRANDT (CA SBN 241287)

pbrandt@humanesociety.org

THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES

820 21st Street #B

Sacramento, California 95811

Telephone: (202) 452-1100

BRUCE A. WAGMAN (CA SBN 159987)

BWagman@schiffhardin.com

SCHIFF HARDIN LLP

One Market, Spear Street Tower, 32nd Floor

San Francisco, California 94105

Telephone: (415) 901-8700

Facsimile: (410) 901-8701

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors

THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED 

STATES, FARM SANCTUARY INC., HUMANE 

FARMING ASSOCIATION, and ANIMAL LEGAL 

DEFENSE FUND

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

NATIONAL MEAT ASSOCIATION, a notfor-profit corporation,

Plaintiff,

and

AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE, a not-forprofit corporation,

Plaintiff-Intervenor,

v.

EDMUND G. BROWN Jr., in his official 

capacity as Attorney General of California, 

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, in his 

CASE NO: 1:08-cv-01963-LJO-DLB

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 

RESCHEDULING STATUS 

CONFERENCE

Magistrate Judge: Hon. Dennis L. Beck

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official capacity as Governor of California, and 

the STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 

Defendants,

and

THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED 

STATES, FARM SANCTUARY INC., 

HUMANE FARMING ASSOCIATION, and 

ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, 

Defendant-Intervenors.

Plaintiff National Meat Association, Plaintiff-Intervenor American Meat Institute, 

Defendants Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr., Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the 

State of California, and Defendant-Intervenors the Humane Society of the United States, Farm 

Sanctuary Inc., Humane Farming Association and Animal Legal Defense Fund hereby stipulate 

and jointly move this Court to have the status conference in this action moved from its currentlyscheduled date of January 27, 2010 to a new date of March 25, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 9, 

2500 Tulare Street, Fresno, California.

By prior joint stipulation the parties to this matter have stayed all proceedings in this 

action in this Court pending resolution of Defendants’ and Defendant-Intervenors’ appeal of this 

Court’s preliminary injunction order dated February 19, 2009. Order (Apr. 2, 2009). In light of 

the fact that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has not yet ruled on the appeal, the parties request 

this continuance.

Date: January 21, 2010

Respectfully submitted,

DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP

By: /s/____________________

 STEVEN J. WELLS

 HEATHER M. McCANN

Attorneys for Plaintiff

National Meat Association

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Date: January 21, 2010

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /s/

 WILLIAM F. TARANTINO

Attorneys for Plaintiff-Intervenor

American Meat Association

Date: January 21, 2010

EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE 

 STATE OF CALIFORNIA

By: /s/

SUSAN K. LEACH

Attorneys for Defendants

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Attorney General 

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and State of California

Date: January 21, 2010

THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE

 UNITED STATES

By: /s/

SARAH L. CONANT

PETER A. BRANDT

BRUCE A. WAGMAN

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors

The Humane Society of the United States, Farm 

Sanctuary Inc., Humane Farming Association, and 

Animal Legal Defense Fund

ORDER

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the status conference in this case scheduled for January 

27, 2010 be rescheduled for March 25, 2010, at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 9, 2500 Tulare Street, 

Fresno, California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 23, 2010 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE DEAC_Signatu re-END:

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