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Parties Involved:
Center for Biological Diversity
Plaintiff
Dirk Kempthorne
Defendant
Natural Resources Defense Council
Plaintiff
Pacific Environment
Plaintiff
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Defendant

Document Text:

Case No. 07-cv-06406 

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Brendan Cummings (CA Bar No. 193952) 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 

P.O. Box 549 

Joshua Tree, CA 92252 

Phone: (760) 366-2232 

Facsimile: (760) 366-2669 

Email: bcummings@biologicaldiversity.org 

Andrea A. Treece (CA Bar No. 237639) 

Miyoko Sakashita (CA Bar No. 239639) 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 

San Francisco Bay Area Office 

1095 Market Street, Suite 511 

San Francisco, CA 94103 

Phone: (415) 436-9682 

Facsimile: (415) 436-9683 

Email: atreece@biologicaldiversity.org 

 miyoko@biologicaldiversity.org 

Andrew E. Wetzler (CA Bar No. 202299) 

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL 

111 Sutter St., 20th floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Phone: (614) 840-0891 

Facsimile: (415) 875-6161

Email: awetzler@nrdc.org 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, 

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE 

COUNCIL, and PACIFIC ENVIRONMENT, 

non-profit corporations, 

Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Secretary of the Interior, 

and U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, 

Defendants. 

Case No.: 07-cv-06406 MHP 

JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER TO CONTINUE INITIAL CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

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Pursuant to Civil L.R. 6-2 and 7-12, this Stipulation is entered into by and between Plaintiffs, 

Center for Biological Diversity, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Pacific Environment, and 

Defendants, Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, and the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

WHEREAS, on December 19, 2007, Plaintiffs filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive 

Relief pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §§ 701-706, and the Endangered Species 

Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1544; 

WHEREAS, the Initial Case Management Conference in this matter is currently set for March 

24, 2008, at 4:00 p.m.; 

WHEREAS, recent discussions between the Parties as to settlement of this litigation have proven 

productive; 

WHEREAS, no extensions of time have previously been granted to either party; 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereby Stipulate and Agree as follows: 

1. A 30-day continuance of the Initial Case Management Conference is necessary to allow 

sufficient time for fruitful settlement discussions. 

2. The Initial Case Management Conference shall be continued to April 24, 2008, at 4:00 p.m. 

DATE: March 12, 2008 Respectfully Submitted, 

 /s/ Andrea A. Treece 

 Andrea A. Treece (CA Bar No. 237639) 

 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY 

 San Francisco Bay Area Office 

 1095 Market Street, Suite 511 

 San Francisco, CA 94103 

 Phone: (415) 436-9682 

 Facsimile: (415) 436-9683 

 Email: atreece@biologicaldiversity.org 

 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

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RONALD J. TENPAS, Acting Asst. Attorney General 

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief 

/s/ Rickey Doyle Turner, Jr. 

RICKEY DOYLE TURNER, JR., Trial Attorney 

(CO Bar No. 38353) 

U.S. Department of Justice 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

Wildlife & Marine Resources Section 

Ben Franklin Station 

P.O. Box 7369 

Washington, DC 20044-7369 

Phone: (202) 305-0229

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

_________________________________________ 

Hon. Marilyn Hall Patel 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

3/17/2008

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