Klamath-Siskiyou Wildland Center v. Grantham

1 Mmeerriieell@ Lc. rDagar.ozregn , OSB No. 113645, pro hac vice Oliver J. H. Stiefel OSB No. 135436, pro hac vice [email protected] Crag Law Center 3141 E Burnside Street Portland, Oregon 97214 Phone: (503) 525-2725 Fax: (503) 296-5454 Thomas E. Wheeler, CSB No. 304191 [email protected] Environmental Protection Information Center G St., Ste. A Arcata, California 95521 Phone: (206) 356-8689 LOCAL COUNSEL Attorneys for Plaintiffs

12 MCGREGOR W. SCOTT United States Attorney JOSEPH B. FRUEH Assistant United States Attorney 501 I Street, Suite 10-100 Sacramento, CA 95814 E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: (916) 554-2702 Facsimile: (916) 554-2900 Attorneys for Defendants

19 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 20 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 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. PATRICIA GRANTHAM, in her official capacity as Forest Supervisor of the Klamath National Forest, et al., Defendants.

1 STIPULATION AND ORDER 2 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and among the parties and subject to Court approval, that the Initial Pretrial Scheduling Order (ECF 8) shall be amended as follows: 4 1. Plaintiffs Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, Environmental Protection Information Center, and Klamath Forest Alliance allege that Defendants United States Forest Service, Forest Supervisor Patricia Grantham, and Deputy Regional Forester Barnie Gyant approved and are proceeding with the Crawford Vegetation Management Project (“Crawford Project”) on the Klamath National Forest in violation of the National Forest Management Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1604, and the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 4332. Plaintiffs accordingly seek this Court’s review of the administrative record relevant to the Defendants’ actions vis-à-vis the Crawford Project. 5 U.S.C. § 706; Earth Island Inst. v. U.S. Forest Serv., 697 F.3d 1010, 1013 (9th Cir. 2012). Such proceedings are generally exempt from the usual rules and procedures governing discovery in civil litigation. See 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, 2020 and, after the parties meet and confer in good faith regarding the contents of the administrative record, shall lodge the certified administrative record on or before July 1, 2020. In the event that a motion to supplement the administrative record is deemed necessary, the parties will submit a revised 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 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 1 Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment, and Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment and Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion, shall each be limited to 35 pages. Plaintiffs’ Reply in Support of Summary Judgment and Opposition to Defendants’ Motion, and Defendants’ Reply in Support of 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 Complaint.

8 Dated: June 4, 2020 CRAG LAW CENTER 9 By: /s/ Meriel L. Darzen (authorized 6/4/2020) MERIEL L. DARZEN Attorneys for Plaintiffs Dated: June 9, 2020 MCGREGOR W. SCOTT United States Attorney By: /s/ Joseph B. Frueh 14 JOSEPH B. FRUEH Assistant United States Attorney Attorneys for Defendants 18 IT IS SO ORDERED.

19 Dated: June 9, 2020