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1 THOMAS P. O’BRIEN
United States Attorney
2 LEON W. WEIDMAN
Chief, Civil Division
3 MONICA L. MILLER
Assistant United States Attorney
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RONALD J. TENPAS
5 Assistant Attorney General
Environment & Natural Resources Division
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MICHAEL R. EITEL, Neb. Bar No. 22889
7 Trial Attorney, Wildlife & Marine Resources Section
United States Department of Justice
8 1961 Stout Street, 8th Floor, Room 812
Denver, CO 80294
9 Tele: (303) 844-1479 / Fax: (303) 844-1350
E-mail: Michael.Eitel@usdoj.gov
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CHARLES R. SHOCKEY, D.C. Bar No. 914879
11 GUILLERMO A. MONTERO, Ma. Bar No. 660903
LUTHER L. HAJEK, D.C. Bar No. 467742
12 Trial Attorneys, Natural Resources Section
United States Department of Justice
13 Environment and Natural Resources Division
P.O. Box 663, Washington, DC 20044-0663
14 Tele: (202) 305-0492/(916) 930-2203
Fax: (202) 305-0274/(916) 930-2210
15 E-mail: Luke.Hajek@usdoj.gov
16 Attorneys for Defendants
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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WESTERN DIVISION
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21 NATURAL RESOURCES ) Case No. 8:07-cv-00335-FMC (FMOx)
DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC., et al., )
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Plaintiffs, ) DEFENDANTS’ EX PARTE
23 ) APPLICATION FOR STAY
v. ) PENDING APPEAL
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DONALD C. WINTER, Secretary )
25 of the Navy, et al., ) Hearing Date: TBD
) Time: TBD
26 Defendants. )
) Hon. Florence-Marie Cooper
27 ) U.S. District Judge
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1 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, by submission to the Honorable Florence-Marie

2 Cooper of the United States District Court for the Central District of California,
3 Western Division, located at 255 East Temple Street, Los Angeles, California,
4 Defendants Donald C. Winter, et al., by and through their undersigned counsel, hereby
5 apply ex parte for a stay pending appeal of the Court’s January 3, 2008 Order Issuing
6 Preliminary Injunction (docket no. 91) (“January 3 Order”). Defendants’ respectfully
7 request a determination on this ex parte Application as soon as practicable and no later
8 than January 14, 2008 so that they may pursue an appeal of the Court’s January 3
9 Order prior to the start of the next scheduled exercise.
10 Notice of Application to Counsel. On January 4, 2008, in accordance with L.R.
11 7-19, Defendants gave notice to Plaintiffs’ counsel by electronic mail of Defendants’
12 intention to file this Application on January 7, 2008, between approximately 5:00 p.m.
13 and 12:00 a.m. Plaintiffs have indicated that they oppose this Application.1/
14 Defendants also provided notice to counsel on January 8, 2008, of Defendants’
15 intention to file this Application on January 9, 2008.
16 This Application is made pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 62(c) and 62(e) and Fed.
17 R. App. P. 8(a)(1) and is based upon the accompanying Memorandum of Points and
18 Authorities; the accompanying classified evidence for which Defendants have
19 concurrently sought leave to submit for ex parte and in camera review; the
20 accompanying Declaration of Michael R. Eitel; the pleadings and other documents on
21 file in this action; and such other matters that the Court may consider or of which the
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Although the California Coastal Commission’s (“CCC”) status in this case is
unclear, see Defendants’ Response to the CCC’s Brief on Proposed Mitigation
27 Measures for Preliminary Injunction at 1 n. 1 (docket no. 78) (filed Dec. 21, 2007),
Defendants provided the CCC with notice of Defendants’ intent to file the instant
28 Application, and the CCC indicated that it would oppose this Application.

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1 Respectfully submitted this 9th day of January, 2008.

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3 /s/ Luther L. Hajek
LUTHER L. HAJEK, D.C. Bar No. 467742
4 U.S. Department of Justice
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THOMAS P. O’BRIEN
6 United States Attorney
LEON W. WEIDMAN
7 Chief, Civil Division
MONICA L. MILLER
8 Assistant United States Attorney
9 RONALD J. TENPAS
Assistant Attorney General
10 Environment & Natural Resources Division
11 MICHAEL R. EITEL, Neb. Bar No. 22889
Trial Attorney, Wildlife & Marine Resources Section
12 United States Department of Justice
1961 Stout Street, 8th Floor, Room 812
13 Denver, CO 80294
Tele: (303) 844-1479 / Fax: (303) 844-1350
14 E-mail: Michael.Eitel@usdoj.gov
15 CHARLES R. SHOCKEY, D.C. Bar No. 914879
GUILLERMO A. MONTERO, Ma. Bar No. 660903
16 LUTHER L. HAJEK, D.C. Bar No. 467742
Trial Attorneys, Natural Resources Section
17 United States Department of Justice
Environment and Natural Resources Division
18 P.O. Box 663, Washington, DC 20044-0663
Tele: (202) 305-0492/(916) 930-2203
19 Fax: (202) 305-0274/(916) 930-2210
E-mail: Charles.Shockey@usdoj.gov
20 Guillermo.Montero@usdoj.gov
Luke.Hajek@usdoj.gov
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Attorneys for Defendants
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1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
2 I, Luther L. Hajek, hereby certify that on Wednesday, January 9, 2008, I
3 electronically filed the foregoing DEFENDANTS’ EX PARTE APPLICATION
4 FOR STAY PENDING APPEAL with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF
5 system, which will automatically send email notification to attorneys of record.
6 Moreover, I caused to be served, via electronic and overnight mail, postage
7 prepaid, copies of the foregoing on the following counsel:
8 Joel R. Reynolds
Andrew E. Wetzler
9 Cara A. Horowitz
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NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC.
1314 Second Street
11 Santa Monica, CA 90401
Tele: (310) 434-2300 / Fax: (310) 434-2399
12 awetzler@nrdc.org
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/s/ Luther L. Hajek
14 Luther L. Hajek
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