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A federal judge in a Clean Water Act case in California asked the parties to work together on a scheduling order to simply designate the administrative record that the judge will have to review. This is a pretty standard request by judges, and the parties are able to agree to the necessary tasks and deadlines.

Not this time:

Instead of filing a schedule that would lead up to a completed administrative record to be lodged by November 6, counsel on all sides filed a blather-like and open-ended failure to agree on anything of significance (Dkt. No. 227).

Maybe the only treasure is the blather along the way.

For those of us who aren’t lawyers, will you please explain the significance of this development?

No legal significance. I just found it ironic that the judge’s description applies to almost everything these days.