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Parties Involved:
Center for Biological Diversity
Plaintiff
Office of Management and Budget
Defendant

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JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO (CSBN 44332)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (CSBN 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

MICHAEL T. PYLE (CSBN 172954)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, California 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-7322

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

Email: michael.t.pyle@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendant Office of Management and Budget

Deborah A. Sivas (CSBN 135446)

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CLINIC

MILLS LEGAL CLINIC

Stanford Law School

Crown Quadrangle

559 Nathan Abbot Way

Stanford, CA 94305-8610

Telephone: (650) 723-0325

Facsimile: (650) 723-4426

Justin Augustine (CSBN 235561)

Vera Pardee (CSBN 106146)

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

351 California Street, Suite 600

San Francisco, CA 94104

Phone: (415) 436-9682

Facsimile: (415) 436-9683

Attorneys for Plaintiff Center for Biological Diversity

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL

DIVERSITY, a non-profit organization,

Plaintiff,

v.

THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND

BUDGET,

Defendant.

 

 

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No. C 07-4997 MHP

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED]

ORDER APPROVING SETTLEMENT

AND DISMISSAL OF PLAINTIFF’S

CLAIMS

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE SETTLEMENT AND DISMISSAL OF PLAINTIFF’S CLAIMS

No. C 07-4997 MHP 1

Plaintiff Center for Biological Diversity (“the Center”) and Defendant Office of

Management and Budget (“OMB”), through their undersigned counsel, enter into this Settlement

in order to fully resolve this litigation and the Center’s claim for attorneys’ fees, expenses and

costs generated in connection with this litigation.

The parties agree as follows:

1. Defendant will pay to the Center, by means of an electronic payment to a bank

account to be designated by the Center, the amount of $175,000.00 to cover attorneys’ fees,

expenses and costs of all counsel pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. §

552(a)(4)(E). This payment is full and final payment for all attorneys’ fees, expenses and costs. 

This payment is inclusive of any interest. If any withholding or income tax liability is imposed

upon Plaintiff or Plaintiff’s counsel based on payment of the settlement sum as set forth herein, 

Plaintiff and its counsel shall be solely responsible for paying any such liability. 

2. Defendant shall make payment to the Center no later than thirty days after the

date that the Court approves this Stipulation. Defendant further agrees to make all reasonable

efforts to process and cause payment to be made to the Center as soon as possible. 

3. Contingent upon receipt of payment pursuant to Paragraph 1 above, Plaintiff

hereby (a) releases Defendant from any past, present or future claims for attorneys’ fees,

expenses or costs in connection with this litigation and (b) dismisses with prejudice this

litigation and all claims against Defendant relating to the FOIA request at issue in this litigation.

4. The Court shall retain jurisdiction regarding enforcement of Defendant’s

agreement to make the payment pursuant to Paragraph 1 above. 

5. This Stipulation is binding upon and inures to the benefit of the parties hereto and

their respective successors and assigns.

6. No party is making an admission of liability or fault to any other party and

nothing in this Stipulation shall be construed as an admission of liability or fault.

7. This Stipulation may be pled as a full and complete defense to any action or other

proceeding in which any party seeks attorneys’ fees, expenses or costs generated in this

litigation.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE SETTLEMENT AND DISMISSAL OF PLAINTIFF’S CLAIMS

No. C 07-4997 MHP 2

8. Plaintiff and its current counsel expressly agree that neither it nor any of its

current or former attorneys may make any claim for attorneys’ fees, expenses or costs generated

in this litigation against Defendant, the United States, their agents, servants or employees.

Respectfully submitted,

DATED: February 4, 2010 By: _____/s/________________________

VERA PARDEE

Attorneys for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO

United States Attorney

DATED: February 4, 2010 By: _____/s/ _______________________

MICHAEL T. PYLE

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED:

DATED: February __, 2010 _________________________________

HON. MARILYN HALL PATEL

United States District Judge

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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