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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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28 Joint Proposed Summary Judgment Briefing Schedule

and Stipulation to Extend Page Limits

Case No. C 01-0421 JL - 1 -

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE ) Case No. C 01-0421-JL

COUNCIL, INC. )

) JOINT PROPOSED

Plaintiff, ) SUMMARY JUDGMENT 

v. ) BRIEFING SCHEDULE AND

) STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ, et al., ) PAGE LIMITS FOR SUMMARY 

) JUDGMENT BRIEFS

Defendants. )

 )

The parties have engaged in further discussions and have reached an agreement

regarding a proposed schedule for briefing and hearing on the parties’ cross-motions for

summary judgment. As an accommodation to Defendants, in light of the pressing

workload of the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) this fall, Plaintiff has

agreed to postpone briefing in this case until December 2008. The parties hereby

respectfully request that the Court set the following schedule:

December 17, 2008: Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment (40 pages)

January 28, 2009: Defendants’ opposition and cross-motion for summary

judgment (40 pages)

February 18, 2009: Plaintiff’s reply and opposition to Defendants’ cross-motion

(20 pages)

March 11, 2009: Defendants’ reply (20 pages)

March 25, 2009: Hearing, 9:30 a.m.

The parties further request that the Court grant an enlargement of the page limits

for the parties’ briefs. Due to the complexity of the case and the volume of the

administrative record, the parties do not believe that they can adequately support their

cross-motions for summary judgment within the page limits set forth in Civ. L.R. 7-4(b). 

Thus, the parties respectfully request that the Court allow them to file briefs exceeding the

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page limits, as follows:

Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment: 40 pages

Defendants’ opposition and cross-motion for summary judgment: 40 pages

Plaintiff’s reply and opposition to Defendants’ cross-motion: 20 pages

Defendants’ reply: 20 pages

Respectfully submitted this 11th day of August, 2008,

Laura Pagano, SBN 244079

Selena Kyle, SBN 246069

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL

111 Sutter Street, 20th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

Tel.: (415) 875-6100; Fax: (415) 875-6161

/s/ Aaron Colangelo (by KBF with permission)

Aaron Colangelo, admitted pro hac vice

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL

1200 New York Ave., NW, Suite 400

Washington, DC 20005

Tel.: (202) 289-2376; Fax: (202) 289-1060

Attorneys for Plaintiff

RONALD J. TENPAS

Assistant Attorney General

United States Department of Justice

Environment and Natural Resources Division

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief 

LISA LYNNE RUSSELL, Assistant Chief

Wildlife and Marine Resources Section

/s/ Kristen Byrnes Floom 

KRISTEN BYRNES FLOOM, Trial Attorney

(DC Bar No 469615)

Wildlife & Marine Resources Section

United States Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Benjamin Franklin Station - P.O. Box 7369

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369

Telephone No: (202) 305-0211

Facsimile No: (202) 305-0275

Email: Kristen.Floom@usdoj.gov

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OF COUNSEL:

Eileen M. Cooney

Mariam McCall

Office of General Counsel

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin.

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: __________________ _________________________

Hon. James Larson

United States Magistrate Judge

8-12-08

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