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Parties Involved:
Conservation Congress
Plaintiff
Trinity River Lumber Company
Intervenor Defendant
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
Defendant
United States Forest Service
Defendant

Document Text:

Conservation Congress v. United States Forest Service, et al., No. 2:13-cv-01977-JAM-KJN 

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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 

Lawson E. Fite (Ore. Bar #055573), Pro Hac Vice 

Scott W. Horngren (Ore. Bar. #880604), 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 

shorngren@amforest.org 

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

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CONSERVATION CONGRESS, 

 Plaintiff, 

 v. 

UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, and 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE 

SERVICE, 

 Defendants, 

 

 and 

TRINITY RIVER LUMBER COMPANY, a 

California Corporation, 

 Defendant-Intervenor. 

No. 2:13-cv-01977-JAM-KJN 

STIPULATION AND ORDER MODIFYING 

BRIEFING AND HEARING SCHEDULE 

 

 

Pursuant to L.R. 143 and 144, the undersigned parties hereby stipulate to the following 

adjustments to the briefing and hearing schedule in this case, which would extend certain deadlines and 

the hearing date: 

Deadline Current date New date 

Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary 

Judgment (not to exceed 30 

pages) 

July 6, 2016 July 29, 2016 

Federal Defendants’ Opposition 

and Cross-Motion for Summary 

Judgment (30 pages) 

August 10, 2016 September 9, 2016 

Defendant-Intervenor’s 

Opposition and Cross-Motion 

for Summary Judgment (20 

pages) 

August 17, 2016 September 16, 2016 

Plaintiff’s Combined 

Opposition/Reply (30 pages) 

September 1, 2016 October 3, 2016 

Federal Defendants’ Reply (15 September 15, 2016 October 19, 2016 

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pages) 

Defendant-Intervenor’s Reply 

(10 pages) 

September 15, 2016 October 19, 2016 

Hearing November 1, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. December 13, 2016 at 1:30 

p.m. 

The changes are requested in order to accommodate paternity leave for defendant-intervenor’s 

counsel, which would otherwise conflict with preparation and filing of defendant-intervenor’s opening 

brief, and to give additional time to the other parties for preparation of their briefs. In the event the 

Court wishes to maintain the current hearing date, the parties do not object; however, the parties have 

suggested a later hearing date in order to maintain the existing length of time between completion of 

briefing and the hearing, and because not all parties are available on November 15, the next available 

hearing date after November 1. Additionally, in the event that the Court approves this stipulation the 

parties agree that the current suspension on implementation of the Smokey Project shall remain in place 

until February 13, 2017 or until the Court issues an order resolving the parties’ cross-motions for 

summary judgment, whichever is earlier. Trinity reserves its appellate rights regarding previous orders 

relating to the suspension but does not intend to seek further modification of the suspension from this 

Court or any other Court prior to completion of summary-judgment proceedings in this case. 

The parties have not jointly requested a previous continuance of the briefing schedule. Plaintiff 

previously requested ex parte, and obtained, a 60-day continuance of the merits briefing schedule. See 

Dkt. 89, 93. 

Accordingly, the parties request the Court approve this Stipulation, and enter the proposed 

changes to the briefing and hearing schedule. 

Respectfully submitted this 24th day of May, 2016. 

/s/ Steven Sugarman (by LEF as authorized 

5/23/2016)

JOHN C. CRUDEN

Assistant Attorney General 

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STEVEN SUGARMAN (pro hac vice) 

347 County Road 55A 

Cerrillos, NM 87010 

Tel: (505) 672-5082 

Email: stevensugarman@hotmail.com 

Attorney for Plaintiff 

/s/ Lawson E. Fite

LAWSON E. FITE, pro hac vice 

American Forest Resource Council 

5100 S.W. Macadam, Suite 350 

Portland, OR 97239 

Tel: (503) 222-9505 / Fax: (503) 222-3255 

Email: lfite@amforest.org 

Attorney for Defendant-Intervenor

/s/ Andrea Gelatt (by LEF as authorized 

5/24/2016)

TYLER L. BURGESS 

Trial Attorney 

Natural Resources Section 

PO Box 7611 

Washington, DC 20044-7611 

Tel: (202) 616-4119 / Fax: (202) 305-0506 

Email: tyler.burgess@usdoj.gov 

ANDREA GELATT 

Wildlife & Marine Resources Section 

PO Box 7611 

Washington, DC 20044-7611 

Tel: (202) 305-0210 / Fax: (202) 305-0275 

Email: andrea.gelatt@usdoj.gov 

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

The Court having considered the Stipulation of the parties, IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: 5/24/2016 /s/ John A. Mendez____________ 

 Hon. John A. Mendez 

 United States District Court Judge 

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