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`SYLVIA SHIH-YAU WU (CA Bar No. 273549)
`Center for Food Safety
`303 Sacramento Street, 2nd floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`(p) 415-826-2770 / (f) 415-826-0507
`swu@centerforfoodsafety.org
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`RYAN D. TALBOTT
`Pro Hac Vice
`AMY VAN SAUN
`Pro Hac Vice
`Center for Food Safety
`2009 NE Alberta Street, Suite 207
`Portland, OR 97211
`(p) 971-271-7372
`rtalbott@centerforfoodsafety.org
`avansaun@centerforfoodsafety.org
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`ZACHARY B. CORRIGAN
`Pro Hac Vice
`Food & Water Watch, Inc.
`1616 P Street, NW, Suite 300
`Washington, DC 20036
`(p) 202-683-2451 / (f) 202-683-2452
`zcorrigan@fwwatch.org
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`JAMES B. DOUGHERTY
`Pro Hac Vice
`700 7th St. SW, Suite 805
`Washington, DC 20024
`(p) 202-488-1140
`jimdougherty@aol.com
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`OAKLAND DIVISION
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`Case No. 4:20-cv-00256-JSW
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`CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY, et al.,
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`SONNY PERDUE, in his official capacity
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`Defendants.
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`STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER GRANTING
`PLAINTIFFS LEAVE TO FILE A SECOND AMENDED
`COMPLAINT AND DEFENDANTS AN EXTENSION
`OF TIME TO ANSWER PLAINTIFFS’ COMPLAINT
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`Judge: Honorable Jeffrey S. White
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`No hearing date is scheduled or requested
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`STIPULATION AND PROPOSED ORDER
`Plaintiffs Center for Food Safety, Food & Water Watch, Inc., Humane Farming Association, and Robin
`Mangini, and Defendants Sonny Perdue,* in his official capacity as Secretary of the U.S. Department of
`Agriculture; Mindy Brashears,* in her official capacity as Deputy Undersecretary for Food Safety, U.S.
`Department of Agriculture; Food Safety and Inspection Service; and U.S. Department of Agriculture, through
`their respective undersigned counsel, make the following stipulated requests:
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` The counsel for parties hereby stipulate to Plaintiffs filing a Second Amended Complaint on
`February 18, 2021. The complaint makes minor technical changes and adds material that was obtained and
`learned by the Plaintiff after the filing of their Second Amended complaint. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2) allows a
`party to amend its pleading with the opposing party’s written consent.
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`Pursuant to Local Rule 6.1(a), counsel for parties further stipulate to extending the time for
`Defendants to answer the complaint until March 18, 2021. The change will not alter the date of any event or
`any deadline already fixed by court order.
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`Dated: February 17, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`* Secretary Perdue and Under Secretary Brashears no longer hold office, so their successors are to be
`automatically substituted as parties under to Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(d). As of this filing, successors have
`yet to take office.
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`BRIAN BOYNTON
`Acting Assistant Attorney General
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`ERIC R. WOMACK
`Assistant Branch Director
`Federal Programs Branch
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` /s/ Joseph J. DeMott
`JOSEPH J. DEMOTT (Va. Bar No. 93981)
`Trial Attorney
`United States Department of Justice
`Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch
`1100 L St. NW
`Washington, DC 20530
`Phone: (202) 514-3367
`Fax: (202) 616-8470
`Email: joseph.demott@usdoj.gov
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`Counsel for Defendants
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` SYLVIA SHIH-YAU WU (CA Bar No. 273549)
`Center for Food Safety
`303 Sacramento Street, 2nd floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`(p) 415-826-2770 / (f) 415-826-0507
`swu@centerforfoodsafety.org
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`RYAN D. TALBOTT (Pro Hac Vice)
`AMY VAN SAUN (Pro Hac Vice)
`Center for Food Safety
`2009 NE Alberta Street, Suite 207
`Portland, OR 97211
`(p) 971-271-7372
`rtalbott@centerforfoodsafety.org
`avansaun@centerforfoodsafety.org
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`/s/ Zachary B. Corrigan
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`ZACHARY B. CORRIGAN (D.C. Bar No.
`497557)
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` Food & Water Watch
` 1616 P Street NW, Suite 300
` Washington, DC 20036
` (p) (202) 683-2451 / (f) (202) 683-2452
` zcorrigan@fwwatch.org
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` Counsel for Plaintiffs
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`PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED
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`Dated: __________________
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`JEFFREY S. WHITE
`United States District Judge
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`PROOF OF CONCURRENCE
`Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), all Defendants and Plaintiffs, through their counsel, have
`concurred in the filing of this Stipulation.
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`Dated: February 17, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Zachary B. Corrigan
`ZACHARY B. CORRIGAN
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