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Parties Involved:
Beyond Pesticides
Plaintiff
Center for Environmental Health
Plaintiff
Gina McCarthy
Defendant
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Plaintiff
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Defendant

Document Text:

JOINT STIPULATION TO REPLACE CASE MANAGEMENT ORDERS

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JOHN C. CRUDEN

Assistant Attorney General

Environment & Natural Resources Division

SAMARA M. SPENCE

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Environmental Defense Section

P.O. Box 7611

Washington, DC. 20044-7611

(202) 514-2285

(202) 514-8865 (fax)

Samara.spence@usdoj.gov

Attorney for Defendants

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO / OAKLAND DIVISION

__________________________________________

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CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, )

NETWORK, BEYOND PESTICIDES, and )

PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY )

)

Plaintiffs, )

) Civil Action No. 3:15-cv-02939-WHO

v. )

)

GINA MCCARTHY, in her official capacity as )

Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection )

Agency; and U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL )

PROTECTION AGENCY, )

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Defendants. )

__________________________________________)

JOINT STIPULATION TO REPLACE CASE MANAGEMENT ORDERS

Pursuant to Civil L.R. 7-12 and 16-2(d), Plaintiffs Center for Environmental Health 

Network, Beyond Pesticides, and Physicians for Social Responsibility and Defendants United 

States Environmental Protection Agency and Administrator Gina McCarthy (EPA) jointly

stipulate to and request an order vacating the Court’s Order Setting Initial Case Management 

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Conference and ADR Deadlines (Dkt. No. 5, June 26, 2015) (Initial Case Management Order)

and Case Management Order (Dkt. No. 20, August 5, 2015) (August 5th Order) and replacing

them with an order establishing procedures and a briefing schedule as outlined below.

1. Plaintiffs filed this action on June 24, 2015, seeking review of EPA’s amended 

response to Plaintiffs’ petition for rulemaking pursuant to Section 706(2)(A) of the

Administrative Procedure Act (APA), 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A) and the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. §§ 136-136y. See Dkt. No. 1. The petition 

for rulemaking asked that EPA require the disclosure of certain inert ingredients on pesticide 

product labels.

2. On June 26, 2015, the Court issued an Order Setting Initial Case Management 

Conference and ADR Deadlines, Dkt. No. 5, establishing, among other things, deadlines for 

initial disclosures and an initial case management conference.

3. EPA was served with the summons and complaint on or about July 2, 2015.

4. On August 5, 2015, the Court issued a Case Management Order, Dkt. No. 20, 

establishing, among other things, requirements for a case management conference and case 

management statement.

5. The parties agree that this case, which seeks review of a final agency action under 

the APA, should be resolved based on the administrative record that the agency will present to 

the Court, see, e.g., San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Auth. v. Jewell, 747 F.3d 581, 602-604 

(9th Cir. 2014), and that, therefore, this matter is exempt from initial disclosures under Federal 

Rule of Civil Procedure 26(a)(1)(B)(i). The parties further agree that typical discovery 

requirements are inapplicable and that this case should be resolved on cross-motions for 

summary judgment.

6. Notwithstanding the above, Plaintiffs reserve the opportunity to file a motion to 

seek discovery.

7. The parties stipulate to and request an order vacating the Initial Case Management 

Order and August 5th Order and establishing the procedures and schedule outlined in Paragraph 

9 below.

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8. The parties are aware of Civil L.R. 16-5, which establishes a procedure and

deadlines for the agency’s answer, service of the administrative record, and filing of crossmotions for summary judgment in certain actions to review an administrative record. The parties 

have conferred and agreed to propose an alternate schedule suitable to the parties’ respective

schedules.

9. The parties stipulate to and request an order establishing the following procedure 

and schedule:

Answer and Service of the Record: EPA’s deadline to file an Answer shall be September 

30, 2015. Also by September 30, 2015, EPA shall serve an electronic copy of the administrative 

record on the Plaintiffs and file a certified index to the administrative record with the Court. The 

parties shall submit relevant record excerpts to the Court with their cross-motions for summary 

judgment.

Dispositive Motions: The following briefing schedule shall apply to the parties’ crossmotions for summary judgment:

December 14, 2015 Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment (25 

pages)

February 19, 2016 EPA’s Response and Cross-Motion for Summary 

Judgment (25 pages)

March 18, 2016 Plaintiffs’ Response to EPA’s Motion and Reply

(20 pages)

April 15, 2016 EPA’s Reply (20 pages)

The parties hereby stipulate to and request an order by the Court that would vacate the 

Initial Case Management Order and August 5th Order and replace them with the procedures and 

deadlines proposed in Paragraph 9 above.

Respectfully submitted this 6th day of August, 2015.

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/s/ A. Yana Garcia (with permission) 

A. YANA GARCIA, CA Bar No. 282959

GREGORY C. LOARIE, CA Bar No. 215859

Earthjustice

50 California St., Ste 500

San Francisco, CA 94111

(415) 217-2000

Ygarcia@earthjustice.org

Gloarie@earthjustice.org

JOHN C. CRUDEN

Assistant Attorney General

/s/ Samara M. Spence 

SAMARA M. SPENCE

United States Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

P.O. Box 7611

Washington, DC 20044-7611

(202) 514-2285

Samara.spence@usdoj.gov

Attorney for Gina McCarthy and United States 

Environmental Protection Agency

Of Counsel:

Donald A. Sadowsky

Office of General Counsel

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20460

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

The hearing on the cross-motions for summary judgment shall be held on 

Wednesday, May 11, 2016, at 2:00 p.m. in Courtroom 2.

DATED: 

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HONORABLE WILLIAM H. ORRICK

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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