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ROBERT L. FALK (SBN 142007) ROBIN S. STAFFORD (SBN 200950) SARAH SCHINDLER (SBN 236414) MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 425 Market Street San Francisco, California 94105-2482 Telephone: (415) 268-7000 Facsimile: (415) 268-7522 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] JOEL R. REYNOLDS (SBN 85276) CARA A. HOROWITZ (SBN 220701) NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC. 1314 Second Street Santa Monica, CA 90401 Telephone: (310) 434-2300 Facsimile: (310) 434-2399 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 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 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 Plaintiffs, v. CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ, SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE; WILLIAM HOGARTH, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR FISHERIES OF THE NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; VICE ADMIRAL CONRAD C. LAUTENBACHER, JR., ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY; DONALD C. WINTER, SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY; ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS Defendants. Civil Action No. CV-07-4771-EDL STIPULATED REQUEST TO PERMIT PLAINTIFFS AND DEFENDANTS TO EXCEED PAGE LIMIT APPLICABLE TO PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION MOTION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

Date: December 18, 2007 Time: 9 a.m. Judge: Elizabeth D. LaPorte Courtroom: E

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WHEREAS, Plaintiffs intend to file their Preliminary Injunction Motion (the "Motion") in this matter on or about October 12, 2007; WHEREAS, Defendants intend to file their opposition to the Motion on or about November 13, 2007; WHEREAS, in order to fully brief the issues pertaining to a preliminary injunction, the parties understand and agree that it is necessary to expand the page limits that would otherwise apply to opening and responding memoranda filed in connection with the Motion, as set forth in Local Rules 7-2 and 7-3; and Subject to the approval of the Court, the parties hereby stipulate as follows: 1. 2. The parties shall have a 30-page limit on opening and opposition briefs. Exhibits supporting the parties' briefs may be filed with the Court and served to all

parties of record on compact disc or similar electronic media. Dated: October 9, 2007 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP ROBERT L. FALK ROBIN S. STAFFORD SARAH B. SCHINDLER NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC. JOEL R. REYNOLDS CARA A. HOROWITZ By: /s/ Robin S. Stafford Robin S. Stafford

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; JEANMICHEL COUSTEAU

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Dated: October 9, 2007

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE KRISTEN L. GUSTAFSON

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/s/ Kristen Gustafson 1 Kristen Gustafson

Attorneys for Defendants CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ, SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE; NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE; WILLIAM HOGARTH, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR FISHERIES OF THE NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; VICE ADMIRAL CONRAD C. LAUTENBACHER, JR., ADMINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY; DONALD C. WINTER, SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY; ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: _______________, 2007.

By: Honorable Elizabeth D. Laporte United States Magistrate Judge

As the filing attorney, I, Sarah B. Schindler, attest that all counsel find the content of this document acceptable and have given me permission to file electronically this stipulated request on their behalf.

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