Opinion
3:21-CV-00508-LRH-CLB
08-11-2022
WILDEARTH GUARDIANS and WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT, Plaintiffs, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH SERVICES, U.S. FOREST SERVICE, and BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Defendants.
Jennifer R. Schwartz WildEarth Guardians Counsel for Plaintiffs TODD KIM Assistant Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division TYLER M. ALEXANDER Trial Attorney Natural Resources Section Counsel for Defendants
Jennifer R. Schwartz
WildEarth Guardians
Counsel for Plaintiffs
TODD KIM
Assistant Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division
TYLER M. ALEXANDER
Trial Attorney
Natural Resources Section
Counsel for Defendants
STIPULATED MOTION TO MODIFY THE PARTIES' BRIEFING SCHEDULE
LARRY R. HICKS UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 1
The Parties hereby respectfully request to modify their briefing schedule for crossmotions on summary judgment as set forth below. This court previously adopted, in part, the Parties' joint proposed schedule (Dkt. 15), setting a motions deadline for August 31, 2022 (Dkt. 16). Defendants previously sought and were granted an unopposed motion to extend their deadlines for answering the complaint (Dkt. 11) and lodging the administrative record (Dkt. 18). Plaintiffs have not sought other extensions in this case. In hopes of avoiding motions practice, the parties have been informally conferring over the contents of the administrative records and post-decisional documents that Defendants lodged with the Court on July 7, 2022 (Dkt. 20). Due to intervening docket matters and other personal scheduling matters, counsel for the Parties have conferred and jointly seek to modify their briefing schedule on cross-motions for summary judgment as follows:
1. Plaintiffs' opening summary judgment brief shall be due September 16, 2022.
2. Defendants' combined cross-motion and response brief shall be due November 2, 2022.
3. Plaintiffs' combined response and reply brief shall be due December 7, 2022.
4. Defendants' reply brief shall be due January 4, 2023.
5. The Parties request a hearing on their cross-motions for summary judgment as soon as convenient for the Court and the parties following the close of summary judgment briefing.2
IT IS SO ORDERED. 3