Filed: Jun. 22, 2017
Latest Update: Jun. 22, 2017
Summary: STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO ALLOW TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE AT JUNE 27, 2017 FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, Jr. , District Judge . In accordance with Northern District of California Civil Local Rule 7-12, Plaintiffs Center for Food Safety; Beyond Pesticides; Equal Exchange; Food & Water Watch, Inc.; Frey Vineyards, Ltd.; Greensward/New Natives LLC; La Montanita Co-op; Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association; Northeast Organic Dairy Producers
Summary: STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO ALLOW TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE AT JUNE 27, 2017 FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, Jr. , District Judge . In accordance with Northern District of California Civil Local Rule 7-12, Plaintiffs Center for Food Safety; Beyond Pesticides; Equal Exchange; Food & Water Watch, Inc.; Frey Vineyards, Ltd.; Greensward/New Natives LLC; La Montanita Co-op; Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association; Northeast Organic Dairy Producers A..
More
STIPULATED REQUEST AND [PROPOSED] ORDER TO ALLOW TELEPHONIC APPEARANCE AT JUNE 27, 2017 FURTHER CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE
HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, Jr., District Judge.
In accordance with Northern District of California Civil Local Rule 7-12, Plaintiffs Center for Food Safety; Beyond Pesticides; Equal Exchange; Food & Water Watch, Inc.; Frey Vineyards, Ltd.; Greensward/New Natives LLC; La Montanita Co-op; Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association; Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance; Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association; Organic Consumers Association; Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association; PCC Natural Markets; and The Cornucopia Institute (Plaintiffs) and Defendants Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; Bruce Summers, Acting Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service; and Miles McEvoy, Deputy Administrator of the National Organic Program, all sued solely in their official capacities (Defendants), by and through their respective counsel, stipulate and agree as follows:
1. On June 19, 2017, the Court set a further case management conference for June 27, 2017. See ECF No. 85.
2. Undersigned counsel for Defendants has previously arranged travel to Department of Justice offices in Washington, D.C., and plans to be in Washington, D.C. during the week of June 26, 2017 and, specifically, on June 27, 2017 when the further case management conference is scheduled to occur.
3. Defendants request, with Plaintiffs' consent, that counsel for Defendants be permitted to appear telephonically at the June 27, 2017 conference. Counsel believes that his ability to meaningfully participate in the conference will not be impeded by appearing telephonically.
IT IS SO STIPULATED.
ATTESTATION
Pursuant to Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I attest that I am the ECF user whose user ID and password are being used in the electronic filing of this document, and further attest that I have obtained the concurrence in the filing of the document from the other signatory.
[PROPOSED] ORDER
Pursuant to the parties' stipulated request, Defendants' request to allow counsel to appear telephonically at the June 27, 2017 further case management conference is GRANTED. Counsel shall contact CourtCall at (866) 582-6878 to make arrangements for the telephonic appearance.
