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RONALD J. TENPAS Assistant Attorney General Environment and Natural Resources Division UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief KRISTEN L. GUSTAFSON, Senior Trial Attorney Wildlife and Marine Resources Section GUILLERMO A. MONTERO, Trial Attorney Natural Resources Section Environment & Natural Resources Division UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Benjamin Franklin Station - P.O. Box 7369/ P.O. Box 663 Washington, D.C. 20044 (202) 305-0211 (tel.) / (202) 305-0443 (tel.) (202) 305-0275 (fax)/ (202) 305-0274 (fax) [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Federal Defendants
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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Permitting Extension of Time to Answer NRDC v. Gutierrez, Case No. 07-4771-EDL
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC., et al.,
) ) Civ. Action No. 07-4771-EDL ) Plaintiffs, ) STIPULATED REQUEST TO EXTEND ) DEFENDANTS' TIME TO ANSWER v. ) PLAINTIFFS' COMPLAINT ) CARLOS GUTIERREZ, SECRETARY ) [PROPOSED] ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES ) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, et al. ) ) Defendants. ) ) Judge: Hon. Elizabeth D. Laporte ) ) ) ____________________________________)
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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed the above captioned case on September 17, 2007; WHEREAS, Plaintiffs served the United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California with the Summons and Complaint on December 6, 2007; WHEREAS, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(a), Defendants' answer to Plaintiffs' Complaint would be due on February 4, 2008; WHEREAS, Defendants aver that, due to the intervening holidays, preparation for the January 16, 2008 preliminary injunction hearing in this case, and heavy workloads in government counsels' other cases, a one month extension of time to March 4, 2008, is necessary for Defendants to answer Plaintiffs' Complaint; WHEREAS, Plaintiffs do not oppose a one month extension of Defendants' time to answer; Subject to the approval of the Court, the parties hereby stipulate as follows: 1. Defendants' time to answer Plaintiffs' Complaint shall be enlarged to March 4, 2008.
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RONALD J. TENPAS Acting Assistant Attorney General United States Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief KRISTEN L. GUSTAFSON, Senior Trial Attorney Wildlife & Marine Resources Section GUILLERMO A. MONTERO, Trial Attorney Natural Resources Section United States Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 663 Washington, D.C. 20044-663 Tel. (202) 305-0211/ Tel. (202) 305-0443 Fax (202) 305-0275/ Fax (202) 305-0274 [email protected] [email protected]
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Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Permitting Extension of Time to Answer NRDC v. Gutierrez, Case No. 07-4771-EDL
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/s/Kristen L. Gustafson Kristen L. Gustafson
Dated: February 1, 2008
MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP ROBERT L. FALK ROBIN S. STAFFORD SARAH B. SCHINDLER 425 Market Street San Francisco, CA 94105-2482 Tel. (415) 268-7000 Fax (415) 268-7522 NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC. JOEL R. REYNOLDS CARA A. HOROWITZ 1314 Second Street Santa Monica, CA 90401 Tel. (310) 434-2300 Fax (310) 434-2399 By: /s/ Sarah B. Schindler Sarah B. Schindler Attorneys for Plaintiffs NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC.; INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE; THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES; CETACEAN SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL; LEAGUE FOR COASTAL PROTECTION; OCEAN FUTURES SOCIETY; JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU
Dated: __________________, 2008.
By: ____________________________________ Honorable Elizabeth D. Laporte United States Magistrate Judge
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