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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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Defendant Gloria Brown, former Forest Supervisor for Los Padres National Forest, is retired. 

Defendants will file an appropriate substitution notice once Ms. Brown’s successor is in place.

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McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

LYNN TRINKA ERNCE

Assistant United States Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2720

Attorneys for Defendants

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY;

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE; and LOS 

PADRES FORESTWATCH,

 Plaintiffs,

 v.

BERNIE WEINGARDT, Pacific Southwest

Regional Forester; KEN HEFFNER, Acting

Forest Supervisor, Los Padres National Forest;

GLORIA BROWN, Forest Supervisor, Los

Padres National Forest; ABIGAIL R.

KIMBELL, Chief, USDA Forest Service; and

USDA Forest Service, 

 Defendants.

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Case No. 2:07-cv-00770 FCD KJM

STIPULATION REQUESTING

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE TO 

FILE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD; 

ORDER THEREON

Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife and Los Padres Forestwatch

(collectively, “Plaintiffs”) on the one hand, and defendants Bernie Weingardt, Ken Heffner, Abigail R.

Kimbell and USDA Forest Service (collectively, “Defendants”)1

 on the other hand, hereby stipulate and

agree as follows:

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Recitals

1. Pursuant to the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order entered on August 16, 2007

[Docket No. 9], the deadline for Defendants to file and serve the administrative record in this case is

October 12, 2007. 

2. Since on or about July 4, 2007, forest fires have been burning at the Los Padres National

Forest. These fires were considered to be “contained” only as of the beginning of September 2007. 

3. The persons at the Forest Service responsible for assembling the administrative record

on behalf of Defendants in this case have been involved with various aspects of dealing with the Los

Padres forest fires on a daily basis since the fires began burning in July. Although the responsible

Forest Service personnel were able to devote some time to compiling the record in between fire duty, the

time commitment that the fire demanded was both highly variable and unpredictable. 

4. The Forest Service anticipates that the administrative record in this case will be lengthy,

and that, because the responsible Forest Service personnel had to focus much of their attention on the

forest fires until just recently, additional time beyond October 12, 2007 will be needed to prepare and

complete the administrative record.

5. Accordingly, Defendants have requested that Plaintiffs agree to allow Defendants to seek

Court approval for an extension of time to file the administrative record to and including November 16,

2007. Plaintiffs do not oppose the requested extension and agree with Defendants that good cause exists

to extend the administrative record deadline under the circumstances.

Stipulation

WHEREFORE, the parties hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

A. The deadline for Defendants to file and serve the administrative record in this case shall

be extended to and including November 16, 2007.

B. The deadline for any motion to compel supplements to the record shall be extended to

December 7, 2007.

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C. All other deadlines set by the Status (Pretrial Scheduling) Order shall remain unchanged

and shall not be modified except by leave of court upon a showing of good cause.

Respectfully Submitted,

McGREGOR W. SCOTT

United States Attorney

Dated: September 18, 2007 By: /s/ Lynn Trinka Ernce 

 LYNN TRINKA ERNCE

Assistant United States Attorney

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, 

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE and LOS

PADRES FORESTWATCH

Dated: September 18, 2007 By: /s/ John T. Buse 

JOHN T. BUSE

LISA BELENKY

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 19, 2007

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