Opinion
ROBERT G. DREHER, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Andrew J. Doyle (Fl. Bar No. 84948), Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC.
BENJAMIN B. WAGNER, United States Attorney, Sylvia Quast (Ca. Bar No. 159011), Executive Assistant United States Attorney, Sacramento, CA, Attorneys for Plaintiff United States of America.
B. Demar Hooper, Esq., Sacramento, CA
DOWNEY BRAND, LLP, Robert P. Soran, Esq., Sacramento, CA.
STIPULATION REGARDING JOINT STATUS REPORT; ORDER
MORRISON C. ENGLAND, Jr., Chief District Judge.
Plaintiff United States of America and Defendants Matthew R. Anchordoguy, Anchordoguy and Company Limited Partnership, and John R. Barlow stipulate and agree as follows:
1. The current deadline for the parties to file a joint status report, as required by the Court's Order of May 1, 2013, is October 28, 2013 (i.e., 30 days from September 27, 2103, when Defendants filed their answer). See ECF Nos. 4, 13, 14, 15.
2. The United States seeks additional time to meet this deadline because at the end of the day on September 30, 2013, the appropriations act that had been funding the Department of Justice expired and appropriations to the Department lapsed. The same is true for most Executive agencies, including the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA"), on whose behalf this case was brought. Absent an appropriation, Department of Justice attorneys and employees of EPA are prohibited from working, even on a voluntary basis, except in certain limited circumstances, including "emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property." 31 U.S.C. § 1342.
3. Defendants do not object to the additional time sought by the United States.
4. The new deadline for the parties to file a joint status report is November 22, 2013.
ORDER
In accordance with the foregoing stipulation and good cause appearing,
IT IS SO ORDERED.