FRIANT WATER AUTHORITY v. JEWELL

Case No. 1:14-CV-000765-LJO-BAM.

FRIANT WATER AUTHORITY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SALLY JEWELL, as Secretary of the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

May 27, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Friant Water Authority, Plaintiff, represented by Alex Reese , Farella Braun Martel LLP, Alexander M Porcaro , Farella Braun + Martel LLP, Ashley Evans Breakfield , Farella Braun & Martel, LLP, Jennifer Thompson Buckman , Friant Water Authority, Paul P. Spaulding, III , Farella Braun + Martel LLP & Thomas B Mayhew , Farella Braun + Martel LLP.

Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Jennifer Thompson Buckman , Friant Water Authority.

Orange Cove Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Jennifer Thompson Buckman , Friant Water Authority.

Stone Corral Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Alex M. Peltzer , Peltzer & Richardson, LC & Kenneth J. Richardson , Peltzer & Richardson, LC.

Terra Bella Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Allison Katherine Pierce , Ruddell Cochran Stanton Smith and Bixler LLP & Danial Zackary Smith , Law Office of Danial Zackary Smith.

Lower Tule River Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Alex M. Peltzer , Peltzer & Richardson, LC & Kenneth J. Richardson , Peltzer & Richardson, LC.

Madera Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Jennifer Thompson Buckman , Friant Water Authority.

Pixley Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Alex M. Peltzer , Peltzer & Richardson, LC & Kenneth J. Richardson , Peltzer & Richardson, LC.

Porterville Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Alex M. Peltzer , Peltzer & Richardson, LC & Kenneth J. Richardson , Peltzer & Richardson, LC.

Saucelito Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Allison Katherine Pierce , Ruddell Cochran Stanton Smith and Bixler LLP & Danial Zackary Smith , Law Office of Danial Zackary Smith.

Tea Pot Dome Water District, Plaintiff, represented by Alex M. Peltzer , Peltzer & Richardson, LC & Kenneth J. Richardson , Peltzer & Richardson, LC.

Tulare Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Alex M. Peltzer , Peltzer & Richardson, LC & Kenneth J. Richardson , Peltzer & Richardson, LC.

Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District, Plaintiff, represented by Allison Katherine Pierce , Ruddell Cochran Stanton Smith and Bixler LLP & Danial Zackary Smith , Law Office of Danial Zackary Smith.

Arvin-Edison Water Storage District, Plaintiff, represented by Jennifer Thompson Buckman , Friant Water Authority.

Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Jennifer Thompson Buckman , Friant Water Authority.

Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Jennifer Thompson Buckman , Friant Water Authority.

Lindmore Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Jennifer Thompson Buckman , Friant Water Authority.

San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Paul Ryan Minasian , Minasian Meith Soares Sexton & Cooper, LLP.

Sally Jewell, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel, GOVT , US Department of Justice & Sara Christi Porsia, GOVT , U.S. Department of Justice, ENRD.

United States Department of the Interior, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel, GOVT , US Department of Justice & Sara Christi Porsia, GOVT , U.S. Department of Justice, ENRD.

Lowell Pimley, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel, GOVT , US Department of Justice & Sara Christi Porsia, GOVT , U.S. Department of Justice, ENRD.

David Murillo, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel, GOVT , US Department of Justice & Sara Christi Porsia, GOVT , U.S. Department of Justice, ENRD.

Michael Jackson, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel, GOVT , US Department of Justice & Sara Christi Porsia, GOVT , U.S. Department of Justice, ENRD.

United States Bureau of Reclamation, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel, GOVT , US Department of Justice & Sara Christi Porsia, GOVT , U.S. Department of Justice, ENRD.

Grassland Water District, Defendant, represented by Ellen L Trescott , Adams Broadwell Joseph & Cardozo & Hamilton Candee , Altshuler Berzon.

Grassland Resource Conservation District, Defendant, represented by Ellen L Trescott , Adams Broadwell Joseph & Cardozo & Hamilton Candee , Altshuler Berzon.

San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon , Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Eileen M. Diepenbrock , Diepenbrock Elkin LLP & Jonathan R. Marz , Diepenbrock Elkin LLP.

Westlands Water District, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon , Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Eileen M. Diepenbrock , Diepenbrock Elkin LLP & Jonathan R. Marz , Diepenbrock Elkin LLP.


MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER RE SAN LUIS & DELTA MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY'S AND WESTLANDS' MOTION TO INTERVENE (DOC. 31)

LAWRENCE J. O'NEILL, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND

This suit concerns the United States Bureau of Reclamation's ("Reclamation") release of water from Millerton Lake/Friant Dam, features of the Friant Unit of the Central Valley Project ("CVP"), to supply water to the San Joaquin...

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