Opinion
BENJAMIN B. WAGNER, United States Attorney, GREGORY T. BRODERICK, Assistant United States Attorney, Sacramento, CA, Attorneys for Defendants.
SEAN MALONE, Attorney for Plaintiff.
JOINT STIPULATED MOTION AND PROPOSED ORDER TO CONTINUE PRETRIAL DATES
TROY L. NUNLEY, District Judge.
This is an Administrative Procedure Act case challenging the Forest Service's approval of the Bagley Hazard Tree Abatement Project. On January 28, 2015 the Court approved the parties' proposed briefing schedule. ( See ECF No. 28). The Defendants filed the Administrative Record on June 8, 2015. ( See ECF No. 31). On June 24, 2015, the Court further continued the matter to permit the parties the opportunity to pursue settlement. ( See ECF No. 35). On July 30, 2015, the parties met to explore settlement opportunities, and are continuing to consider a settlement approach.
The administrative record lodged June 8 contained documents from the Forest Service only, and there are additional documents from the Fish and Wildlife Service. The United States is preparing the additional documents and expects to lodge the additional records as set forth below.
The parties continue to work towards settlement, but require more time to determine whether a resolution is achievable in this matter. But litigation deadlines are now approaching, and would distract the parties from their settlement efforts. Therefore, the parties respectfully request that this Court continue all dates in this matter by approximately sixty (60) days so as to allow the parties the opportunity to focus on resolution rather than litigating. Therefore, the parties stipulate to, and propose the following briefing schedule:
Event Current Date Proposed Date Supplement to Administrative Record n/a November 16, 2015 Objections to Administrative Record September 28, 2015 November 30, 2015 Plaintiff's Motion for Summary October 5, 2015 December 7, 2015 Judgment Defendants' Opposition and Cross-motion November 4, 2015 January 11, 2016 for Summary Judgment Plaintiff's Combined Opposition and November 18, 2015 January 25, 2016 Reply Defendants' Reply December 2, 2015 February 15, 2016
Respectfully submitted,
PROPOSED ORDER
IT IS SO ORDERED.