Klamath-Siskiyou Wildland Center v. Grantham ( 2020 )

1 Mmeerriieell@ Lc. rDagar.ozregn , OSB No. 113645, pro hac vice 2 Oliver J. H. Stiefel OSB No. 135436, pro hac vice oliver@crag.org 3 Crag Law Center 3141 E Burnside Street 4 Portland, Oregon 97214 Phone: (503) 525-2725 5 Fax: (503) 296-5454 6 Thomas E. Wheeler, CSB No. 304191 tom@wildcalifornia.org 7 Environmental Protection Information Center 145 G St., Ste. A 8 Arcata, California 95521 Phone: (206) 356-8689 9 LOCAL COUNSEL 10 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 11 12 MCGREGOR W. SCOTT United States Attorney 13 JOSEPH B. FRUEH Assistant United States Attorney 14 501 I Street, Suite 10-100 Sacramento, CA 95814 15 E-mail: joseph.frueh@usdoj.gov Telephone: (916) 554-2702 16 Facsimile: (916) 554-2900 17 Attorneys for Defendants 18 19 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 20 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 21 KLAMATH-SISKIYOU WILDLANDS Case No. 2:20-cv-00850-TLN-AC CENTER, et al., 22 STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR Plaintiffs, AMENDING INITIAL PRETRIAL 23 SCHEDULING ORDER (ECF 8) v. 24 PATRICIA GRANTHAM, in her official 25 capacity as Forest Supervisor of the Klamath National Forest, et al., 26 Defendants. 27 28 1 STIPULATION AND ORDER 2 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and among the parties and subject to Court approval, that the 3 Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order (ECF 8) shall be amended as follows: 4 1. Plaintiffs Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, Environmental Protection Information 5 Center, and Klamath Forest Alliance allege that Defendants United States Forest Service, Forest 6 Supervisor Patricia Grantham, and Deputy Regional Forester Barnie Gyant approved and are proceeding 7 with the Crawford Vegetation Management Project (“Crawford Project”) on the Klamath National 8 Forest in violation of the National Forest Management Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1604, and the National 9 Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 4332. Plaintiffs accordingly seek this Court’s review of the 10 administrative record relevant to the Defendants’ actions vis-à-vis the Crawford Project. 5 U.S.C. 11 § 706; Earth Island Inst. v. U.S. Forest Serv., 697 F.3d 1010, 1013 (9th Cir. 2012). Such proceedings 12 are generally exempt from the usual rules and procedures governing discovery in civil litigation. See 13 Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(a)(1)(B)(i), (f); Lands Council v. Powell, 395 F.3d 1019, 1029 (9th Cir. 2005). 14 Defendants will provide a draft of the administrative record to Plaintiffs on or before June 15, 15 2020 and, after the parties meet and confer in good faith regarding the contents of the administrative 16 record, shall lodge the certified administrative record on or before July 1, 2020. In the event that a 17 motion to supplement the administrative record is deemed necessary, the parties will submit a revised 18 briefing schedule that accounts for such a motion. 19 2. This action shall be resolved by way of cross-motions for summary judgment, see Nw. 20 Motorcycle Ass’n v. U.S. Dep't of Agric., 18 F.3d 1468, 1472 (9th Cir. 1994), according to the following 21 briefing schedule: 22 Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment ................................................. August 12, 2020 23 Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment and 24 Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment .................. September 9, 2020 25 Plaintiffs’ Reply in Support of Summary Judgment and 26 Opposition to Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment .................... October 7, 2020 27 Defendants’ Reply in Support of Summary Judgment ............................. October 21, 2020 28 1 Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment, and Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment and 2 Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion, shall each be limited to 35 pages. Plaintiffs’ Reply in Support of 3 Summary Judgment and Opposition to Defendants’ Motion, and Defendants’ Reply in Support of 4 Summary Judgment, shall each be limited to 15 pages. 5 3. Defendants shall have up to and including July 29, 2020, to file an Answer to the 6 Complaint. 7 8 Dated: June 4, 2020 CRAG LAW CENTER 9 By: /s/ Meriel L. Darzen (authorized 6/4/2020) MERIEL L. DARZEN 10 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 11 12 Dated: June 9, 2020 MCGREGOR W. SCOTT United States Attorney 13 By: /s/ Joseph B. Frueh 14 JOSEPH B. FRUEH Assistant United States Attorney 15 Attorneys for Defendants 16 17 18 IT IS SO ORDERED. 19 Dated: June 9, 2020 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28