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Parties Involved:
Center for Biological Diversity
Plaintiff
Earth Island Institute
Plaintiff
Dean Gould
Defendant
Sierra Forest Products
Intervenor Defendant
United States Forest Service
Defendant

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY and

EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

DEAN GOULD and

THE UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE,

Defendants.

No. 1:15. -cv-1329-WBS-GSA

ORDER

Upon consideration of the Parties’ Joint Stipulation for a Scheduling Order to Expedite 

Briefing of Cross-Motions for Summary Judgment, and for good cause shown, the Court hereby 

directs the Parties to follow this schedule for briefing cross-motions for summary judgment.

1. October 20, 2015: By this date, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Earth 

Island Institute (the Center) shall file their motion for summary judgment. The 

Center’s brief shall not exceed twenty pages (excluding the caption, tables, and the 

signature block). 

2. October 30, 2015: By this date, Dean Gould and the Forest Service (the Forest 

Service) shall file their cross-motion for summary judgment with a consolidated brief 

in support of that motion and in opposition to Plaintiffs’ motion. The Forest Service’s 

brief shall not exceed twenty pages (excluding the caption, tables, and the signature 

block).

3. November 4, 2015: By this date, if the Court grants Sierra Forest Products’ motion to 

intervene, Sierra Forest Products shall file any cross-motion for summary judgment 

and consolidated brief in support of that motion and in response to the Forest 

Service’s and Center’s motions. That brief shall not exceed twenty pages (excluding

the caption, tables, and the signature block).

4. November 9, 2015: By this date, the Center shall file its consolidated brief in reply to 

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its motion for summary judgment and in opposition to the Forest Service’s crossmotion. That brief shall not exceed ten pages (excluding the caption, tables, and the 

signature block). 

5. November 16, 2015: By this date, the Forest Service shall file its brief in reply to 

their cross-motion. That brief shall not exceed ten pages (excluding the caption, 

tables, and the signature block).

6. November 30, 2015 at 2:00 p.m.: The hearing on the cross-motions for summary 

judgment shall take place on this date and time.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 13, 2015

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