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Parties Involved:
Sierra Club
Plaintiff
United States Department of the Interior
Defendant

Document Text:

JOINT STIP. TO CONTINUE CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

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LOUISA EBERLE (SBN 320803)

louisa.eberle@sierraclub.org

JOSHUA SMITH (Admitted pro hac vice)

joshua.smith@sierraclub.org

SIERRA CLUB ENVIRONMENTAL LAW PROGRAM

2101 Webster Street, Suite 1300

Oakland, CA 94612

Telephone: (415) 977-5765 (Ms. Eberle)

Telephone: (415) 977-5560 (Mr. Smith)

Fax: (510) 208-3140

Attorneys for Plaintiff Sierra Club

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

SIERRA CLUB,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE 

INTERIOR, 

Defendant.

CASE NO. 4:19-cv-01492-KAW

JOINT STIPULATION TO

CONTINUE INITIAL CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-1(b) and 7-12, Plaintiff, Sierra Club, and Defendant, United 

States Department of the Interior (“Interior”), jointly stipulate to continue the initial case management 

conference currently set for October 22, 2019, to December 10, 2019, subject to the Court’s approval. 

The reasons for this request are as follows:

1. On March 22, 2019, Plaintiff filed its Complaint for relief under the Freedom of 

Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552, as amended. ECF No. 1.

2. Defendant filed its Answer on April 29, 2019. ECF No. 13.

3. The parties have initiated a meet and confer process regarding a possible timeline for 

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Defendant to respond to Plaintiff’s FOIA requests and potential limitations on the scope of Plaintiff’s 

requests.

4. Following the parties’ initial discussions, Defendant provided Plaintiff with some 

information regarding the volume and attributes of the data being collected, and the parties continue to 

discuss the issues. Defendant has agreed to review 1,000 pages per month as an interim measure while 

the meet and confer regarding a production schedule proceeds.

5. On June 18, 2019, the parties requested to continue the case management conference to 

facilitate continued settlement discussions. ECF No. 19.

6. On June 20, 2019, the Court continued the case management conference to August 6, 

2019. ECF No. 21.

7. On July 29, 2019, the parties again requested to continue the case management 

conference to facilitate continued settlement discussions. ECF No. 22. 

8. On July 30, 2019, the Court continued the case management conference to September 17,

2019. ECF No. 23.

9. On September 9, 2019, the parties again parties again requested to continue the case 

management conference to facilitate continued settlement discussions. ECF No. 24.

10. On September 11, 2019, the Court continued the case management conference to 

September 17, 2019. ECF No. 25.

11. Since then, the parties have continued to discuss ways to narrow and prioritize Plaintiff’s 

requested documents in an attempt to facilitate a more rapid production by Defendants. The parties have 

agreed upon categories of custodians from which to prioritize production and an initial list of priority 

domain names for search and production. Defendants have made six separate productions, totaling

4,705 pages, and Defendants have agreed to continue to review at least 1,000 pages per month for 

production on the first Friday of the month. 

12. The parties believe that their discussions have been and may continue to be productive

and respectfully request that the Court permit this process to continue. The parties therefore request that 

the Court continue the initial case management conference currently set for October 22, 2019, to 

December 10, 2019, along with the corresponding deadline to file a case management statement.

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13. This change will not alter the date of any event or deadline already fixed by Court order, 

other than the date of the initial case management conference and case management statement.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by the parties to the above-captioned action, subject to the 

approval of the Court, that the initial case management conference be continued to December 10, 2019.

DATED: October 15, 2019

 /s/ Louisa Eberle 1

LOUISA EBERLE (SBN 320803)

louisa.eberle@sierraclub.org

JOSHUA SMITH (Admitted pro hac vice)

joshua.smith@sierraclub.org

SIERRA CLUB ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 

PROGRAM

2101 Webster Street, Suite 1300

Oakland, CA 94612

Telephone: (415) 977-5765 (Ms. Eberle)

Telephone: (415) 977-5560 (Mr. Smith)

Fax: (510) 208-3140

Counsel for Plaintiff Sierra Club

Respectfully submitted,

David L. Anderson

United States Attorney

 /s/ Emmet Ong

EMMET ONG

Assistant United States Attorney

Attorneys for Defendant

 1 In compliance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), the filer of this document attests under penalty of perjury 

that all signatories have concurred in the filing of this document.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. The initial case management conference set 

for October 22, 2019, is continued to December 10, 2019, at 1:30 p.m. in the Ronald Dellums Federal 

Building. A case management statement is due by December 3 , 2019.

DATE:

The Honorable Kandis A. Westmore

United States Magistrate Judge

10/18/2019

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