Free Order Relating Case - District Court of California - California

Case 3:07-cv-04771-EDL

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1 ROBERT L. FALK (SBN 142007) ROBIN S. STAFFORD (SBN 200950) 2 SARAH SCHINDLER (SBN 236414) MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 425 Market Street 3 San Francisco, California 94105-2482 Telephone: (415) 268-7000 4 Facsimile: (415) 268-7522 Email: [email protected] 5 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 6 JOEL R. REYNOLDS (SBN 85276) CARA A. HOROWITZ (SBN 220701) 7 NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC. 1314 Second Street 8 Santa Monica, CA 90401 Telephone: (310) 434-2300 9 Facsimile: (310) 434-2399 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 10 NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC.; THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE 11 UNITED STATES; CETACEAN SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL; LEAGUE FOR COASTAL 12 PROTECTION; OCEAN FUTURES SOCIETY; JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU 13 14 15 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Civil Action No. CV-02-03805-EDL [PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED UNDER LOCAL RULES 3-12 AND 7-11 AND RELATING CIVIL ACTIONS NO. CV-02-03805EDL AND 07-4771-SBA Judge: Ctrm: Hon. Elizabeth Laporte E

16 NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC.; THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED 17 STATES; CETACEAN SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL; LEAGUE FOR COASTAL PROTECTION; OCEAN 18 FUTURES SOCIETY; JEAN-MICHEL COUSTEAU Plaintiffs, 19 v. 20 CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ, SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; 21 NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE; WILLIAM HOGARTH, ASSISTANT 22 ADMINISTRATOR FOR FISHERIES OF THE NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; VICE 23 ADMIRAL CONRAD C. LAUTENBACHER, JR., ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL 24 OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES 25 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY; DONALD C. WINTER, SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES 26 DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY; ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS 27 Defendants. 28

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED AND RELATING CASES Case No. CV-02-03805-EDL

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED UNDER LOCAL RULES 3-12 AND 7-11 AND RELATING CIVIL ACTIONS NO. 02-03805-EDL AND 07-4771-SBA After considering the Joint Administrative Motion to Consider Whether Cases Should be

5 Related pursuant to Northern District of California Civil Local Rules 3-12 and 7-11, and all papers 6 on file in this action, the Court hereby grants the motion. The Court finds that Natural Resources 7 Defense Council, et al. v. Gutierrez, Civ. No. C-07-4771-SBA, U.S. District Court for the 8 Northern District of California, San Francisco Division ("New Action"), is related to Natural 9 Resources Defense Council, et al. v. Evans, Civ. No. 02-03805-EDL, U.S. District Court for the 10 Northern District of California, San Francisco Division ("Original Action"), and should be 11 assigned to this Court, Honorable Elizabeth Laporte presiding. 12 Pursuant to Civil L.R. 3-12(f), the Clerk of the Court is ordered to reassign the above-listed

13 later-filed action to the undersigned. Counsel are instructed that all future filings are to bear the 14 initials EDL immediately after the case number. All matters presently scheduled for hearing in the 15 reassigned cases are vacated and must be renoticed for hearing before the undersigned. 16 17 18 It is SO ORDERED.
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