CONSOLIDATED DELTA SMELT CASES

Lead Case No. 1:09-cv-00407 LJO BAM, Member Case No. 1:09-cv-00422 LJO GSA, No. 1:09-cv-00480 LJO GSA., 1:09-cv-00631 LJO DLB, 1:09-cv-00892 LJO DLB, Partially Consolidated With No. 1:09-cv-01201-LJO-DLB

THE CONSOLIDATED DELTA SMELT CASES

United States District Court, E.D. California.

October 8, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, Plaintiff, represented by Christopher J. Carr , Morrison and Foerster LLP, Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon , Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Eileen M. Diepenbrock , Diepenbrock Elkin LLP, Elizabeth Louise Leeper , Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard, Hanspeter Walter , Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann and Girard, Rebecca Rose Akroyd , Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard & William Thomas Chisum , Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann and Girard.

Westlands Water District, Plaintiff, represented by Charles Wesley Strickland , Brownstein Hyatt Farber and Schrek LLP, Christopher J. Carr , Morrison and Foerster LLP, Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon , Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Eileen M. Diepenbrock , Diepenbrock Elkin LLP, Elizabeth Louise Leeper , Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard, Hanspeter Walter , Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann and Girard, Jonathan R. Marz , Diepenbrock Elkin LLP, Mark J. Mathews , Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP, David A. Diepenbrock , Diepenbrock Elkin LLP, Geoffrey M. Williamson , Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP, Harold Craig Manson , Westlands Water District, Martha F. Bauer , Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP, Michelle C. Kales , Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP, Rebecca Rose Akroyd , Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard & Steve O. Sims , Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP.

Stewart & Jasper Orchards, Plaintiff, represented by Brandon Murray Middleton , Harrison, Temblador, Hungerford & Johnson, Damien Michael Schiff , Alston & Bird, LLP, James S. Burling , Pacific Legal Foundation, M. Reed Hopper , Pacific Legal Foundation, Christopher J. Carr & Jonathan Calvin Wood , Pacific Legal Foundation.

Arroyo Farms, LLC, Plaintiff, represented by Brandon Murray Middleton , Harrison, Temblador, Hungerford & Johnson, Damien Michael Schiff , Alston & Bird, LLP, James S. Burling , Pacific Legal Foundation, M. Reed Hopper , Pacific Legal Foundation, Christopher J. Carr , Morrison and Foerster LLP & Jonathan Calvin Wood , Pacific Legal Foundation.

King Pistachio Grove, Plaintiff, represented by Brandon Murray Middleton , Harrison, Temblador, Hungerford & Johnson, Damien Michael Schiff , Alston & Bird, LLP, James S. Burling , Pacific Legal Foundation, M. Reed Hopper , Pacific Legal Foundation, Christopher J. Carr , Morrison and Foerster LLP & Jonathan Calvin Wood , Pacific Legal Foundation.

State Water Contractors, Plaintiff, represented by Christopher J. Carr , Morrison and Foerster LLP, Gregory K. Wilkinson , Best Best & Krieger, LLP, Steven Michael Anderson , Best Best & Krieger Llp & Steven George Martin , Best Best and Krieger.

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Plaintiff, represented by Christopher J. Carr , Morrison and Foerster LLP, Corinne Fratini , Morrison & Forerster, LLP, Edgar B Washburn , William M. Sloan , Morrison & Foerster, LLP & Arturo Jorge Gonzalez , Morrison & Foerster LLP.

Coalition for a Sustainable Delta, Plaintiff, represented by Ashley Cheryl Remillard , Nossaman LLP, Christopher J. Carr , Morrison and Foerster LLP, Paul S. Weiland , Nossaman LLP, John J. Flynn, III , Nossaman LLP & Robert C. Horton , Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.

Kern County Water Agency, Plaintiff, represented by Ashley Cheryl Remillard , Nossaman LLP, Christopher J. Carr , Morrison and Foerster LLP, Paul S. Weiland , Nossaman LLP, John J. Flynn, III & Robert C. Horton .

Family Farm Alliance, Plaintiff, represented by Brenda Washington Davis , The Brenda Davis Law Group, Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon , Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Gary William Sawyers , Law Offices of Gary W. Sawyers & Christopher J. Carr .

California Department of Water Resources, Intervenor Plaintiff, represented by Allison Ernestine Goldsmith , Attorney General's Office for the State of California, Cecilia Louise Dennis , California Attorney General's Office, Clifford Thomas Lee , California Attorney General's Office & William Jenkins , California Office Of The Attorney General.

Kenneth Lee Salazar, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Jonathan R. Marz , Diepenbrock Elkin LLP, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice & Charles Ray Shockey , U.S. Department Of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources.

United States Department of the Interior, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice, Charles Ray Shockey , Daniel J. Pollak , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE & William James Shapiro , United States Department of Justice.

United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice, Charles Ray Shockey , Daniel J. Pollak , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE & William James Shapiro .

Rowan Gould, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice & Charles Ray Shockey .

Ren Lohoefenor, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice.

Ren Lohoefenor, Interior, Defendant, represented by James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice & Charles Ray Shockey .

United States Bureau of Reclamation, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice, Charles Ray Shockey , Daniel J. Pollak , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE & William James Shapiro , United States Department of Justice.

J. William McDonald, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice & Charles Ray Shockey , U.S. Department Of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources.

Donald Glaser, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice & Charles Ray Shockey .

Lester A. Snow, Defendant, represented by Allison Ernestine Goldsmith , Attorney General's Office for the State of California, Cecilia Louise Dennis , California Attorney General's Office, Clifford Thomas Lee , California Attorney General's Office & Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice.

Commissioner Michael L. Connor, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice & Charles Ray Shockey .

United States Department of Justice, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Kevin William McArdle , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice, William James Shapiro , United States Department of Justice & Charles Ray Shockey .

United States Environmental Protection Agency, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Kevin William McArdle , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice & Charles Ray Shockey .

Lisa Jackson, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Kevin William McArdle , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice & Charles Ray Shockey .

United States Department of Transportation, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Kevin William McArdle , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice & Charles Ray Shockey .

Ray LaHood, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Kevin William McArdle , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice & Charles Ray Shockey .

Maritime Administration, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Kevin William McArdle , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice & Charles Ray Shockey .

James E. Caponiti, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Kevin William McArdle , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice & Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice.

United States Department of Homeland Security, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Kevin William McArdle , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice & Charles Ray Shockey .

Janet Napolitano, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Kevin William McArdle , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice & Charles Ray Shockey .

Federal Emergency Management Agency, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Kevin William McArdle , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice & Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice.

William Craig Fugate, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Kevin William McArdle , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice & Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice.

United States Army Corps of Engineers, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Kevin William McArdle , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice & Charles Ray Shockey .

Lieutenant General Robert Van Antwerp, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Kevin William McArdle , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice & Charles Ray Shockey .

Daniel M. Ashe, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice & Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice.

Ralph O. Morgenweck, Defendant, represented by Anna K. Stimmel , US Department of Justice, James A Maysonett , Department of Justice, Robert Pendleton Williams , United States Department of Justice, Srinath Jay Govindan , U.s. Department Of Justice & Charles Ray Shockey .

Family Farm Alliance, Unknown, represented by Brenda Washington Davis , The Brenda Davis Law Group.

Natural Resources Defense Council, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Doug Andrew Obegi , Natural Resources Defense Council, Katherine Scott Poole , Natural Resources Defense Council, Trent William Orr , Earthjustice & George Torgun , San Francisco Baykeeper.

The Bay Institute, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Trent William Orr , Earthjustice & George Torgun , San Francisco Baykeeper.

Amici Curiae, Amicus, represented by Roderick Walston , Best Best & Krieger LLP.


ORDER GRANTING RE MOTION TO EXTEND REMAND SCHEDULE (Doc. 1153)

The amended judgment in the Consolidated Delta Smelt Cases requires the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation ("Reclamation") to conduct certain analyses under the National Environmental Policy Act ("NEPA") by December 1, 2015. Doc. 1135. Reclamation...

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