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Parties Involved:
American Forest Resource Council
Intervenor Defendant
Environmental Protection Information Center
Plaintiff
Patricia A. Grantham
Defendant
Klamath Forest Alliance
Plaintiff
Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center
Plaintiff
United States Forest Service
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

KLAMATH-SISKIYOU WILDLANDS 

CENTER, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

INFORMATION CENTER, and KLAMATH 

FOREST ALLIANCE, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

PATRICIA A. GRANTHAM, Klamath National 

Forest Supervisor, and UNITED STATES 

FOREST SERVICE, 

 Federal Defendants, 

 

 and 

AMERICAN FOREST RESOURCE COUNCIL, 

an Oregon non-profit corporation, 

 Defendant-Intervenor. 

No. 2:18-cv-02785-TLN-DMC 

ORDER TO MODIFY SCHEDULING 

ORDER 

 

 

 

 

The parties hereby jointly move to modify the Court’s December 9, 2019 Order, ECF No. 

84. In support of their unopposed motion, the parties state the following: 

1. On December 9, 2019, the parties submitted a proposed schedule for further proceedings 

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in this matter, ECF No. 83, and the Court adopted the schedule later that day, ECF No. 

84, setting forth a briefing schedule for dispositive motions. 

2. In light of the current public health situation and because of other pressing matters, 

Federal Defendants and Defendant-Intervenor require more time—15 days—to respond 

to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 88. As a result, the parties 

respectfully request that the Court adopt the following schedule for summary judgment 

briefing: 

a. Federal Defendants shall file a combined Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment 

and response to Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment by April 10, 2020. 

b. Defendant-Intervenor shall file a combined Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment 

and response to Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment by April 10, 2020. 

c. Plaintiffs shall file their reply/opposition brief by May 8, 2020. 

d. Federal Defendants shall file their reply by May 29, 2020. 

e. Defendant-Intervenor shall file its reply by May 29, 2020. 

3. The parties request that all other aspects of the Court’s December 9, 2019 Order remain 

in full force and effect, including the Court’s modifications to its standing order regarding 

page limits. ECF No. 84. 

4. The parties request that the Court set a hearing for oral argument on summary judgment 

when the Court is available and further request a telephonic hearing if the Court is closed 

to the public. 

Respectfully submitted this 20th day of March 2020. 

PRERAK SHAH 

Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

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/s/ Krystal-Rose Perez 

KRYSTAL-ROSE PEREZ (TX Bar # 24105931) 

Trial Attorney 

United States Department of Justice 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

P.O. Box 7611 

Washington, D.C. 20044-7611 

Tel: (202) 305-0486 

Fax: (202) 305-0506 

E-mail: krystal-rose.perez@usdoj.gov 

Attorney for Federal Defendants 

 

/s/ Susan Jane M. Brown (as authorized on March, 20, 

2020)

Susan Jane M. Brown, Admitted Pro Hac Vice 

 Western Environmental Law Center 

 4107 N.E. Couch St. 

 Portland, Oregon 97232 

 brown@westernlaw.org 

 Ph.: (503) 914-1323 

 Fax: (541) 485-2457 

Tom Wheeler (CA Bar #304191) 

 Environmental Protection Information Center 

 145 G Street #A 

 Arcata, California 95521 

 tom@wildcalifornia.org 

 Ph: (707) 822-7711 

 Fax: (707) 822-7712 

 

Brodia N. Minter, Admitted Pro Hac Vice

 Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center 

 P.O. Box 102 

 Ashland, Oregon 97520 

 Brodia@kswild.org 

 Ph: (541) 488-5789 

 Fax: (541) 552-1561 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

 

 /s/ Lawson E. Fite (as authorized on March 20, 2020)

 Lawson E. Fite (Ore. Bar #05573), Pro Hac Vice 

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 Sara Ghafouri (Ore. Bar #111021), Pro Hac Vice 

 American Forest Resource Council 

 5100 S.W. Macadam, Suite 350 

 Portland, Oregon 97239 

 Telephone: (503) 222-9505 

 Fax: (503) 222-3255 

 lfite@amforest.org 

 sghafouri@amforest.org 

Dennis L. Porter (Cal. Bar #67176), Attorney at Law 

 8120 36th Avenue 

 Sacramento, California 95824-2304 

 Telephone: (916) 381-8300 

 Fax: (916) 381-8726

 dlporter2@yahoo.com 

 Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor American 

 Forest Resource Council 

 

ORDER 

 The Court having considered the parties’ Joint Motion to Modify Scheduling Order, 

ORDERS the following: 

a. Federal Defendants shall file a combined Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment 

and response to Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment by April 10, 2020. 

b. Defendant-Intervenor shall file a combined Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment 

and response to Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment by April 10, 2020. 

c. Plaintiffs shall file their reply/opposition brief by May 8, 2020. 

d. Federal Defendants shall file their reply by May 29, 2020. 

e. Defendant-Intervenor shall file its reply by May 29, 2020. 

The Hearing on the Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment is continued to June 11, 2020 

at 2:00 PM in Courtroom 2. 

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Dated: March 24, 2020 

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