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Parties Involved:
Ecological Rights Foundation
Plaintiff
John McHugh
Defendant
National Marine Fisheries Service
Defendant
Our Children's Earth Foundation
Plaintiff
Penny Pritzker
Defendant
William Stelle
Defendant
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Defendant

Document Text:

Case Nos. 14-cv-01130; 14-cv-04365; 15-cv-02558 WHO 

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Christopher Sproul (State Bar No. 126398)

Jodene Isaacs (State Bar No. 226895)

Environmental Advocates

5135 Anza Street

San Francisco, California 94121

Telephone: (415) 533-3376, (510) 847-3467

Facsimile: (415) 358-5695

Email: csproul@enviroadvocates.com

Email: jisaacs@enviroadvocates.com 

Michael A. Costa (Bar No. 219416)

3848 Sacramento St. #2

San Francisco, CA 94118

Telephone: (415) 342-0042

Email: mike@ocefoundation.org

Patricia Weisselberg (Bar No. 253015)

Law Office of Patricia Weisselberg

115 Oakdale Avenue

Mill Valley, CA 94941

Telephone: (415) 388-2303

Email: pweisselberg@wans.net

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

OUR CHILDREN'S EARTH FOUNDATION and

ECOLOGICAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OUR CHILDREN'S EARTH FOUNDATION, a 

non-profit corporation, and ECOLOGICAL 

RIGHTS FOUNDATION, a non-profit 

corporation,

Plaintiffs,

v.

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, 

PENNY PRITZKER, as Secretary of 

Commerce, WILLIAM STELLE, as Regional 

Administrator of the National Marine Fisheries 

Service West Coast Region, UNITED STATES 

ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, and JOHN 

MCHUGH, as Secretary of the Army,

Defendants.

Case No. 14-cv-01130 WHO

Case No. 14-cv-04365 WHO

Case No. 15-cv-02558 WHO

STIPULATION FOR BRIEFING 

SCHEDULE ON ATTORNEYS FEE 

MOTION AND ORDER

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-2 and 54-5, Plaintiffs Our Children’s Earth Foundation and 

Ecological Rights Foundation (“Plaintiffs”), and Defendants National Marine Fisheries Service, Penny 

Pritzker as Secretary of Commerce, and William Stelle as Regional Administrator of the National 

Marine Fisheries Service West Coast (“Defendants”) hereby stipulate and respectfully request of the 

Court an order providing a briefing schedule and hearing date for Plaintiffs’ motion for attorneys’ fees 

and costs.

WHEREAS, on February 16, 2016, the Court entered the parties’ Stipulated Judgment in Related 

Cases (Dkt. # 79) and ordered the parties to meet and confer regarding Plaintiffs’ claim for attorneys’ 

fees and costs in connection with the three related actions and report to the Court by March 25, 2016,

regarding whether the parties have reached agreement or whether Plaintiffs’ attorneys fees and costs 

claim will be presented to the Court for consideration;

WHEREAS, the Parties previously requested and the Court granted an order providing Plaintiffs 

until April 15, 2016 to file their motion for attorney fees so the parties could continue settlement 

discussions;

WHEREAS, the Parties are still presently engaged in settlement discussions which they mutually 

believe they need additional time to complete and hopefully avoid the expense and burden on the parties 

and their Court of additional litigation; 

NOW THEREFORE, to allow the parties sufficient time to attempt to continue settlement 

discussions, the parties respectfully request that the Court enter the attached order providing Plaintiffs 

until May 11, 2016 to file their motion for fees and costs; providing Defendants until May 25, 2016 to 

file their opposition to Plaintiffs’ motion for fees and costs; providing Plaintiffs until June 1, 2016 to file 

their reply in support of their motion; and providing that the hearing on this matter be scheduled for 

June 15, 2016 at 2:00 p.m.

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Respectfully submitted this 23rd day of March, 2016.

/s/Christopher Sproul

CHRISTOPHER SPROUL

BRIAN J. STRETCH 

Acting United States Attorney

/s/ Robin M. Wall

ROBIN M. WALL

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorney for Defendants

CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3), the undersigned hereby attests that counsel for Plaintiffs has

concurred in the filing of this document.

Dated: March 23, 2016

/s/ Robin M. Wall

ROBIN M. WALL

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorney for Defendants

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ORDER

The above STIPULATION FOR THE BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON ATTORNEYS FEE 

MOTION is GRANTED. Plaintiffs shall have until May 11, 2016 to file their motion for fees and costs.

Defendants shall have until May 25, 2016 to file their opposition to said motion. Plaintiffs shall have 

until June 1, 2016 to file their reply brief. The hearing on such motion, if filed, shall be on June 15, 2016 

at 2:00 p.m.

Dated: March 24, 2016 ______________________________

HON. WILLIAM H. ORRICK

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