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Nature of Suit Code: 895
Nature of Suit: Freedom of Information Act of 1974
Cause of Action: 05:552 Freedom of Information Act

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BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

YOSHINORI H. T. HIMEL

Assistant U.S. Attorney

501 I Street, Suite 10-100

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 554-2760

Attorneys for Defendant

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NOSSAMAN, LLP, and COALITION FOR

A SUSTAINABLE DELTA,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE

INTERIOR,

Defendant.

1:09-cv-1471-OWW-SMS

STIPULATION AND ORDER

FOR COMPROMISE

SETTLEMENT

NOSSAMAN, LLP, and COALITION FOR A SUSTAINABLE DELTA,

plaintiffs, and the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, defendant,

stipulate as follows subject to the Court's approval as provided for hereon.

1. The UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, defendant, shall

cause its agency, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to make a payment to

NOSSAMAN, LLP, in the amount of EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS ($8,000.00).

2. That payment is in full settlement and satisfaction of any and all claims,

demands, rights, and causes of action, arising from the FOIA request dated April 13,

2009, which was mentioned in paragraph 1 of the First Amended Complaint.

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3. Plaintiffs and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors or assigns shall

accept the sum stated in paragraph 1, above, in full settlement and satisfaction of any and

all claims, demands, rights, and causes of action, of whatsoever kind and nature, arising

from any and all known and unknown, foreseen and unforeseen, bodily, emotional,

reputational and personal injuries, damage to property and consequential damage, that

they may have or later acquire, against the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE

INTERIOR, its agencies, agents, servants and employees, on account of this FOIA

request.

4. This settlement and this stipulation for compromise settlement are not an

admission of liability or fault on the part of the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF

THE INTERIOR, its agencies, agents, servants, or employees, or on the part of

NOSSAMAN, LLP, and COALITION FOR A SUSTAINABLE DELTA. Both sides

enter into it to compromise disputed claims and avoid the expenses and risks of litigation.

5. The amount stated in paragraph 1 represents the entire amount of the

compromise settlement. Except for that amount, the parties shall bear their own costs,

attorney's fees, and expenses.

6. The parties agree that this Stipulation and Order for Compromise Settlement,

including all the terms and conditions of this compromise settlement and any additional

agreements relating thereto, may be made public in their entirety, and the plaintiffs

expressly consent to such release and disclosure under 5 U.S.C. § 552a(b).

7. As a condition of payment, the plaintiffs shall supply all information needed to

carry out an electronic funds transfer of the settlement amount.

8. In consideration of the payment of the amounts set forth above, the plaintiffs

shall supply all signatures and cause to be filed with the court all documents necessary to

cause the action to be dismissed with prejudice from the court's docket.

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Dated: May 20, 2010 NOSSAMAN, LLP

By: /s/ Paul S. Weiland

PAUL S. WEILAND

ROBERT C. HORTON

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

Dated: May 20, 2010 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

By: /s/ Y H T Himel

YOSHINORI H. T. HIMEL

Assistant U. S. Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 21, 2010 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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