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IGNACIA S. MORENO

Assistant Attorney General 

ALISON D. GARNER (DC Bar No. 983858)

KATHRYN M. LIBERATORE (NY Bar No. 4317780)

Trial Attorneys 

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Natural Resources Section

601 D Street, NW, 

Washington, D.C., 20004

Telephone: (202) 514-2855

Telephone: (202) 616-5082

Facsimile: (202) 305-0506

alison.garner@usdoj.gov

kathryn.liberatore@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendants

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

CALIFORNIA RESOURCES AGENCY, et

al.,

 Plaintiffs,

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF

AGRICULTURE, et al., 

 Defendants.

 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL

DIVERSITY, et al.,

 Plaintiffs,

v. 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF

AGRICULTURE, et al., 

 Defendants.

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Case Nos. 08-01185-MHP 

and 08-03884-MHP

SECOND STIPULATION TO STAY

REMEDY BRIEFING

Plaintiffs and Defendants in the above-captioned case, by and through their attorneys,

have conferred and hereby STIPULATE as follows: 

On February 27, 2009, Plaintiffs filed motions for summary judgment in the abovecaptioned matters. Dkt. Nos. 46 and 28. On April 16, 2009, Defendants filed cross-motions for

summary judgment. Dkt. Nos. 50 and 33. The Court held a hearing on the motions on July 31,

2009.

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On September 29, 2009, the Court entered judgment, granting in part and denying in part

the parties’ motions for summary judgment. Dkt. No. 60. The Court ordered the parties to

submit, by November 3, 2009, simultaneous briefs proposing the appropriate forms of relief to

remedy the deficiencies found by the Court in the Southern California Forest Plans Final

Environmental Impact Statement. 

The parties have entered settlement discussions in an attempt to develop the appropriate

forms of relief in this matter. To facilitate those discussions, the parties requested a stay of

briefing, Dkt. Nos. 61, 46, and on October 27, 2009, the Court entered an order staying further

briefing schedules until January 15, 2010. Dkt. No. 62. 

The parties met to discuss settlement on November 18, 2009. Based on that meeting, as

well as on Plaintiffs’ written settlement points and on Defendants’ responses, the parties have

agreed to a second meeting to discuss settlement, scheduled for January 29, 2010. The parties

will continue to engage in good faith settlement discussions, and agree that a second meeting to

discuss settlement is in the best interests of the litigants and the Court. The parties therefore

request a second order staying all briefing on the issue of remedy until March 15, 2010. On that

date, the parties will advise the Court on whether continued settlement discussions are

appropriate, or whether a new remedy briefing schedule should be set. The parties reserve the

right to seek prompt reinstatement of a remedy briefing schedule at any time.

IT IS SO STIPULATED

Dated: January 15, 2010

IGNACIA S. MORENO

Assistant Attorney General

s/Alison D. Garner___

ALISON D. GARNER

 KATHRYN M. LIBERATORE

Trial Attorneys

United States Department of Justice 

Environment and Natural Resources Division

Natural Resources Section

P.O. Box 663, Ben Franklin Station

Washington, D.C. 20044-0663

Telephone: (202) 514-2855

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Telephone: (202) 616-5082

Facsimile: (202) 305-0506

alison.garner@usdoj.gov

kathryn.liberatore@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Defendants U.S. Forest Service, et al.

s/ Erin M. Tobin (authorized)

Erin M. Tobin

Trent W. Orr

Earthjustice

426 17th Street, 5th Floor

Oakland, CA 94612

Tel.: (510) 550-6725

Fax: (510) 550-6749

etobin@earthjustice.org

torr@earthjustice.org

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Ctr. for Biological Diversity, et al.

/s/ Brian Hembacher (authorized)

Brian Hembacher

Deputy Attorney General

California Attorney General’s Office

300 South Spring Street, Suite 1702

Los Angeles, CA 90013

Tel.: 213-897-2638

Fax: 213-897-2802

Brian.Hembacher@doj.ca.gov

Attorney for People of the State of California, ex rel.

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown, Jr.

/s/ Peter Southworth (authorized)

Peter Southworth

Deputy Attorney General

California Attorney General’s Office

Land Law Section

1300 I Street, 15th Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814

Tel.: (916) 445 1685

Fax: (916) 327 2319

Peter.Southworth@doj.ca.gov

Attorney for California Resources Agency and California 

Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

/s/ Paul A. Turcke (authorized)

Paul A. Turcke

Moore Smith Buxton & Turcke, Chartered

950 West Bannock, Suite 520

Boise, Idaho 83702

Tel.: 208-331-1807

Fax: 208-331-1202

pat@msbtlaw.com

Attorney for Intervenors Blue Ribbon Coalition U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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IT IS SO ORDERED

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Hon. Marilyn Hall Patel

United States District Judge

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