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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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Case No. CV 03-2509-SI

Related Case No. CV 03-4501-SI 1 Stipulation and [Proposed] Order

KEVIN V. RYAN, United States Attorney (SBN 118321)

JAMES CODA, Assistant U.S. Attorney (SBN 1012669 (WI))

U.S. Department of Justice

United States Attorney, Northern District of California

450 Golden Gate Ave., Box 36055

San Francisco, CA 94102

KELLY A. JOHNSON, Acting Assistant Attorney General

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief

JASON T. COHEN, Trial Attorney (SBN 214438)

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Wildlife & Marine Resources Section

Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369

Tel: 202-305-0207

Fax: 202-305-0275

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY,

et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v. 

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, et

al.,

Defendants,

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DESERT VIPERS MOTORCYCLE CLUB,

et al.,

Defendant-Intervenor/Amici Curiae. _____________________________________

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Case No: CV 03-2509-SI

Related Case No. CV 03-4501-SI

STIPULATION TO SUPPLEMENT

ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD AND

MODIFY BRIEFING SCHEDULE, and

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

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Case No. CV 03-2509-SI

Related Case No. CV 03-4501-SI 2 Stipulation and [Proposed] Order

Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Club, Public Employees for Environmental

Responsibility, and Desert Survivors, and Federal Defendants Bureau of Land Management

(“BLM”) and United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”), and Defendant-Intervenors/Amici

Curiae Desert Vipers Motorcycle Club, Blue Ribbon Coalition, California Association of 4-Wheel

Drive Clubs, San Diego Off-Road Coalition, High Desert Multiple Use Coalition, American

Motorcycle Association District 37, Off-Road Business Association, California Off-Road Vehicle

Association, and American Sand Association (collectively “Defendant-Intervenors”), having met

and conferred, hereby stipulate and agree as follows:

WHEREAS, on May 20, 2005, and May 25, 2005, Federal Defendants filed the

administrative records of the actions challenged in this litigation;

WHEREAS, on June 3, 2005, Plaintiffs moved to supplement the administrative record with

three documents, which are attached as Exhibits A through C to Document No. 150 (Declaration of

Brendan Cummings in Support of Motion to Supplement the Administrative Record), or, in the

alternative, to have the Court determine that the documents can be considered as extra-record

evidence;

WHEREAS, Federal Defendants have reviewed the documents and do not object to the

addition of these three documents to the Administrative Record; and

WHEREAS, Defendant-Intervenors have consulted with Plaintiffs and Defendants, and have

requested modification of the briefing schedule such that their summary judgment briefs would be

filed simultaneously with Federal Defendants’ summary judgment briefs; and

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Defendants do not oppose Defendant-Intervenors’ request to

modify the briefing schedule;

THEREFORE, THE PARTIES STIPULATE TO AND REQUEST THAT:

1. The Administrative Record is hereby supplemented with the three documents

submitted by Plaintiffs as Exhibits A-C to the Declaration of Brendan Cummings in support of

Plaintiffs’ Motion to Supplement the Administrative Record, which consist of:

a. Excerpts from “The Natural History of the Algodones Dunes, Imperial Valley,

California,” by Laraine Song, 1974;

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Related Case No. CV 03-4501-SI 3 Stipulation and [Proposed] Order

b. February 16, 2005, letter from the Center for Biological Diversity to Linda

Hansen, BLM California Desert District Manager, with attached exhibits; and

c. December 19, 2002, and July 20, 2004, issues of an online newsletter entitled

“BLM California News.bytes.”

2. The agreement to supplement the Administrative Record in this case has no

precedential value and shall not be used as evidence by Plaintiffs or Federal Defendants in any other

dispute as to the appropriate contents of an administrative record.

3. Plaintiffs withdraw their June 3, 2005, Motion to Supplement the Administrative

Record.

4. The hearing on Plaintiffs’ Motion to Supplement the Administrative Record,

currently scheduled for July 29, 2005, at 9:00 a.m., is no longer necessary and should be taken off

the Court’s calendar.

5. The briefing schedule set forth in the Court’s March 23, 2005, Order for Managing

Remaining Claims in Case is modified slightly, such that Defendant-Intervenors shall file their

summary judgment briefs simultaneously with Federal Defendants. The revised briefing schedule

is as follows:

July 8, 2005: Plaintiffs file motion for summary judgment. Memorandum

in support no longer than 50 pages.

Aug. 5, 2005: Federal Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors file

response/cross-motions for summary judgment.

Memorandums in support no longer than 50 pages.

Aug. 19, 2005: Plaintiffs file response/reply. Memorandums in support no

longer than 50 pages.

Sept. 2, 2005: Federal Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors file replies.

Memorandums in support no longer than 25 pages.

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Case No. CV 03-2509-SI

Related Case No. CV 03-4501-SI 4 Stipulation and [Proposed] Order

Sept. 15, 2005, at 3:00 p.m.: Hearing on cross-motions for summary judgment.

Dated: June 30, 2005

Respectfully submitted,

Kelly A. Johnson, Acting Assistant Attorney General

Jean E. Williams, Section Chief

s/ 

JASON T. COHEN, Trial Attorney

State Bar No. 214438

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Wildlife & Marine Resources Section

Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369

Washington, DC 20044-7369

Tel: (202) 305-0207; Fax: (202) 305-0275

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

s/ authorized on June XXXXX, 2005 

BRENDAN R. CUMMINGS

State Bar No. 193952

P.O. Box 549

Joshua Tree, CA 92252

Tel: (760) 366-2232; Fax: (760) 366-2669

Deborah A. Sivas

EARTHJUSTICE

553 Salvatierra Walk

Stanford, CA 94305-8620

Tel: (650) 725-4217; Fax: (650) 725-8509

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

LOUNSBERY FERGUSON ALTONA & PEAK, LLP

s/____________________________

DAVID P. HUBBARD, Esq.

State Bar No. 148660

613 West Valley Pkwy, Ste. 345

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Case No. CV 03-2509-SI

Related Case No. CV 03-4501-SI 5 Stipulation and [Proposed] Order

Escondido, CA 92025-2552

Tel: (760) 743-1201; Fax: (760) 743-9926

MOORE SMITH BUXTON & TURCKE, CHTD.

s/______________________________

PAUL A. TURCKE

(admitted pro hac vice)

225 North 9th St., Ste. 420

Boise, Idaho 83702

Tel: (208) 331-1800; Fax: (208) 331-1202

DENNIS PORTER

State Bar No. 67176

10112 Roadrunner Way

Redding, CA 96003

Tel: (530) 221-4129; Fax: (530) 221-1949 

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors/Amici Curiae

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Date: ___________________ __________________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON

U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

APPROVED

Judge Susan Illston

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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APPROVED

Judge Susan Illston

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