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Parties Involved:
Center for Biological Diversity
Plaintiff
Gina McCarthy
Defendant
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Defendant

Document Text:

JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND DEADLINE FOR MOTION FOR FEE AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

CASE NO. 4:13-cv-05142-SBA

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JOHN C. CRUDEN

Assistant Attorney General

Environment & Natural Resources Division

United States Department of Justice

LESLIE M. HILL (D.C. Bar No. 476008)

Leslie.Hill@usdoj.gov

Environmental Defense Section

601 D Street N.W., Suite 8000

Washington D.C. 20004

Telephone (202) 514-0375

Facsimile (202) 514-8865

Attorneys for Defendant

[Additional counsel listed on signature page]

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL

DIVERSITY,

Plaintiff,

v.

GINA McCARTHY, in her official capacity 

as the Administrator of the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency,

Defendant.

Case No. 4:13-cv-05142-SBA

JOINT STIPULATION TO EXTEND 

DEADLINE FOR MOTION FOR 

FEES AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2, Plaintiff Center for Biological Diversity and Defendant 

Gina McCarthy in her official capacity as the Administrator of the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) hereby request an order extending the 

deadline for Plaintiff’s motion for costs of litigation, including attorneys’ fees, until April 

14, 2015. In support of this stipulation, the parties state the following: 

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The Court entered a Consent Decree resolving the substance of this case on 

October 14, 2014. Dk. #40. The Consent Decree did not resolve the issue of costs of 

litigation (including attorneys’ fees). Rather, it extended the deadline for Plaintiff to file 

a motion for attorneys’ fees for 90 days and required the parties to seek to resolve 

informally any claim for attorneys’ fees during this period. Id. at ¶ 10. 

The parties have reached a tentative agreement on the key terms of a proposed

settlement regarding the issue of costs of litigation, including attorneys’ fees.

Undersigned counsel will submit the proposed settlement agreement to their respective 

managements for final approval. 

Upon approval of the parties’ managements, the parties will sign the settlement 

agreement. Once the payment is made and the remaining obligation in the Consent 

Decree is completed, the parties will request that the Court dismiss this case with 

prejudice. 

Accordingly, the parties stipulate to and request that the Court continue the 

deadline for filing a motion for costs of litigation, including attorneys’ fees, until April 

14, 2015. 

Respectfully submitted,

Date: January 9, 2015

JOHN C. CRUDEN

Assistant Attorney General

Environment and Natural Resources Division

 /s/ Leslie M. Hill (w/ permission RU 1/9/15)

LESLIE M. HILL (D.C. Bar No. 476008)

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Environmental Defense Section

601 D Street N.W., Suite 8000

Washington D.C. 20004

Leslie.Hill@usdoj.gov

Telephone (202) 514-0375

Facsimile (202) 514-8865

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Attorneys for Defendant

Of Counsel:

Stephanie L. Hogan

Karen Bennett Bianco

Office of General Counsel

United States Environmental Protection Agency

Date: January 9, 2015

/s/ Robert Ukeiley 

ROBERT UKEILEY (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)

Law Office of Robert Ukeiley

255 Mountain Meadows Road

Boulder, CO 80302

Tel: (303) 442-4033

rukeiley@igc.org

Attorneys for Plaintiff

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to Stipulation, IT IS ORDERED that the deadline for filing a motion for 

costs of litigation, including attorneys’ fees, is hereby extended to April 14, 2015.

DATED this ______ day of January, 2015.

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SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

United States District Judge

 9th 

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