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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO IDAHO WOOL GROWERS ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN SHEEP INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, PUBLIC Case No. 1:12-CV-469-BLW LANDS COUNCIL, COLORADO WOOL GROWERS ASSOCIATION, WYOMING WOOL GROWERS ASSOCIATION, ORDER CARLSON COMPANY, INC., and SHIRTS BROTHERS SHEEP, Plaintiffs, v. TOM VILSACK, in his official capacity as the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture; TOM TIDWELL, in his official capacity as the Chief of the United States Forest Service; KEITH LANNOM, in his official capacity as the Forest Supervisor of the Payette National Forest; and UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE, Defendants.

The Court has before it competing Litigation Plans filed by both parties. The key issue in dispute is whether plaintiffs will be allowed to expand the Administrative Record to include testimony by certain Government witnesses. This issue is best addressed by motion and briefing. Given that the Government intends to file the Administrative Record on January 11, 2013, and the parties have already discussed the
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issue to some degree in their Litigation Plans, the Court will set up an expedited briefing schedule with page limits. This will mean that the agreed-upon briefing schedule addressing the merits (set forth in the Litigation Plans) will have to be extended. Once the Court issues its decision on whether to expand the Administrative Record, the Court will hold another Case Management Conference at which time a new schedule for resolving the merits shall be discussed and put into place. Accordingly, NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that the following briefing schedule shall govern the resolution of the issue of the scope of the Administrative Record: (1) Plaintiffs shall file their motion to expand the scope of the Administrative Record and supporting brief

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