NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL v. ZINKE

Case No. 1:05-cv-01207 LJO-EPG.

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. RYAN ZINKE, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., Defendants. SAN LUIS & DELTA MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY, et al., Defendant-Intervenors. ANDERSON-COTTONWOOD IRRIGATION DISTRICT, et al., Joined Parties.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

May 25, 2018.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 05 U.S.C. § 702
Cause: 05 U.S.C. § 702 Administrative Procedure Act
Nature of Suit: 893 Environmental Matters
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Natural Resources Defense Council, Plaintiff, represented by Anthony J. LoPresti, Altschuler Berzon, LLP, Barbara Jane Chisholm, Altshulter Berzon LLP, Deborah S. Reames, Earthjustice, George Matthew Torgun, California Department Of Justice, Marie Elizabeth Logan, Earthjustice, Nina Catherine Robertson, Earthjustice, Corinne F. Johnson, Altshuler Berzon, Hamilton Candee, Altshuler Berzon, Katherine Scott Poole, Natural Resources Defense Council, Michael Ramsey Sherwood, Earthjustice & Tamara T. Zakim, Earthjustice.

Baykeeper & Its Deltakeeper Chapter, Plaintiff, represented by Deborah S. Reames, Earthjustice, George Matthew Torgun, California Department Of Justice, Marie Elizabeth Logan, Earthjustice, Nina Catherine Robertson, Earthjustice, Barbara Jane Chisholm, Altshulter Berzon LLP, Hamilton Candee, Altshuler Berzon, Katherine Scott Poole, Natural Resources Defense Council & Michael Ramsey Sherwood, Earthjustice.

Friends of the River & Bay Institute, all non-profit organizations, Plaintiffs, represented by Deborah S. Reames, Earthjustice, George Matthew Torgun, California Department Of Justice, Marie Elizabeth Logan, Earthjustice, Nina Catherine Robertson, Earthjustice, Barbara Jane Chisholm, Altshulter Berzon LLP, Hamilton Candee, Altshuler Berzon, Katherine Scott Poole, Natural Resources Defense Council, Michael Ramsey Sherwood, Earthjustice & Tamara T. Zakim, Earthjustice.

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Plaintiff in Related Case, Plaintiff, represented by Marie Elizabeth Logan, Earthjustice, Nina Catherine Robertson, Earthjustice & Edgar B. Washburn.

Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Plaintiff, represented by Marie Elizabeth Logan, Earthjustice, Nina Catherine Robertson, Earthjustice, Trent William Orr, Earthjustice & Barbara Jane Chisholm, Altshulter Berzon LLP.

Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations/Institute for Fisheries Resources, Plaintiff, represented by Marie Elizabeth Logan, Earthjustice, Nina Catherine Robertson, Earthjustice & Barbara Jane Chisholm, Altshulter Berzon LLP.

Ryan Zinke, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Interior, Defendant, represented by Bradley H. Oliphant, US Department Of Justice, Env. & Natural Resources Division, James A. Maysonett, Department of Justice Wildlife and Marine Resources Section & Nicole Marie Smith, Department Of Justice.

Steven A Williams, Defendant, represented by Bradley H. Oliphant, US Department Of Justice, Env. & Natural Resources Division & James A. Maysonett, Department of Justice Wildlife and Marine Resources Section.

Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District, Pacific Realty Associates, LP & Reclamation District 1004, Defendants, represented by Andrew Morrow Hitchings, Somach, Simmons & Dunn, Dustin Charles Cooper, Minasian Meith Soares Sexton & Cooper, LLP, Jeffrey A. Meith, Minasian Spruance Meith Soares and Sexton, Steven Paul Saxton, Downey Brand LLP, Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard & Meredith E. Nikkel, Downey Brand Llp.

Beverly F. Andreotti, Defendant, represented by Meredith E. Nikkel, Downey Brand Llp & Steven Paul Saxton, Downey Brand LLP.

Banta-Carbona Irrigation District, Patterson Irrigation District & West Side Irrigation District, Defendants, represented by Jeanne M. Zolezzi, Herum Crabtree.

Byron Bethany Irrigation District, Defendant, represented by Daniel Kelly, Somach, Simmons & Dunn & Michael Eldon Vergara, Somach Simmons & Dunn.

Carter Mutual Water Company, Maxwell Irrigation District, Meridian Farms Water Company, Oji Brothers Farm, Inc., Oji Family Partnership, Henry D. Richter, Sutter Mutual Water Co, Tisdale Irrigation and Drainage Company & Windswept Land and Livestock Company, Defendants, represented by Kevin M. O'Brien, Downey Brand LLP, Meredith E. Nikkel, Downey Brand Llp, Steven Paul Saxton, Downey Brand LLP, Andrew Morrow Hitchings, Somach, Simmons & Dunn, Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard & Samuel E. Bivins, Downey Brand LLP.

Coelho Family Trust, Eagle Field Water District, Mercy Springs Water District & Oro Loma Water District, Defendants, represented by Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard & Hanspeter Walter, Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann and Girard.

Conaway Conservancy Group, Defendant, represented by Scott A. Morris, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Steven Paul Saxton, Downey Brand LLP, Andrew Morrow Hitchings, Somach, Simmons & Dunn, Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Meredith E. Nikkel, Downey Brand Llp & William Thomas Chisum, Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann and Girard.

Del Puerto Water District & James Irrigation District, Defendants, represented by Scott Kuney, The Law Offices Of Young Wooldridge & Doug Gosling, Young Wooldridge.

Fresno Slough Water District & Tranquility Irrigation District, Defendants, represented by Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Hanspeter Walter, Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann and Girard & Mark A. Blum, Henry, Logoluso & Blum.

Howald Farms, Inc., Defendant, represented by Kevin M. O'Brien, Downey Brand LLP, Meredith E. Nikkel, Downey Brand Llp, Steven Paul Saxton, Downey Brand LLP, Andrew Morrow Hitchings, Somach, Simmons & Dunn & Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard.

City of Redding, Defendant, represented by Andrew Morrow Hitchings, Somach, Simmons & Dunn, Lynette Marie Frediani, City Of Redding, Steven Paul Saxton, Downey Brand LLP, Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard & Meredith E. Nikkel, Downey Brand Llp.

Sacramento River Ranch, LLC, Defendant, represented by Stephen Michael Lerner, McDonough, Holland & Allen PC, Steven Paul Saxton, Downey Brand LLP & Andrew Morrow Hitchings, Somach, Simmons & Dunn.

West Stanislaus Irrigation District, Defendant, represented by Jeanne M. Zolezzi, Herum Crabtree & Scott Kuney, The Law Offices Of Young Wooldridge.

David and Alice teVelde Family Trust & Pelger Road 1700, LLC, Defendants, represented by Andrew Morrow Hitchings, Somach, Simmons & Dunn & Meredith E. Nikkel, Downey Brand Llp.

Cranmore Farms LLC, Defendant, represented by Andrew Morrow Hitchings, Somach, Simmons & Dunn.

Knights Landing Investors, LLC, Defendant, represented by Andrew Morrow Hitchings, Somach, Simmons & Dunn, Brittany Kirsten Lewis-Roberts, Somach Simmons & Dunn, Stuart Leslie Somach, Somach Simmons & Dunn & Meredith E. Nikkel, Downey Brand Llp.

The United States, on behalf of non-party Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Commerce, Wilbur Ross, in his official capacity as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce & Kristin L. Gustafson, in her official capacity as Acting General Counsel of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Defendants, represented by Bradley H. Oliphant, US Department Of Justice, Env. & Natural Resources Division & Nicole Marie Smith, Department Of Justice.

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

San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority & Westlands Water District, Intervenor Defendants, represented by Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Eileen M. Diepenbrock, Diepenbrock Elkin LLP, Jon David Rubin, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, Brenda Washington Davis, The Brenda Davis Law Group, Christian Charles Scheuring, California Farm Bureau Federation & Hanspeter Walter, Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann and Girard.

State Water Contractors, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Gregory K. Wilkinson, Best Best & Krieger, LLP, Stefanie Denise Morris, Best Best & Krieger LLP, Christian Charles Scheuring, California Farm Bureau Federation, Linus Serafeim Masouredis, Metropolitan Water & Steven Michael Anderson, Best Best & Krieger Llp.

California Department of Water Resources, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Anita Elisabet Ruud, Office of the Attorney General, Deborah A. Wordham, California Attorney General's Office & Clifford Thomas Lee, California Attorney General's Office Department of Justice.

Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Andrew Morrow Hitchings, Somach, Simmons & Dunn, Jacqueline Leigh McDonald, Pucheu Law, Kevin M. O'Brien, Downey Brand LLP, Steven Paul Saxton, Downey Brand LLP, Stuart Leslie Somach, Somach Simmons & Dunn, Christian Charles Scheuring, California Farm Bureau Federation, Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard & Meredith E. Nikkel, Downey Brand Llp.

Natomas Central Mutual Water Company, Pelger Mutual Water Company, Pleasant Grove-Verona Mutual Water Company, Reclamation District 108 & River Garden Farms, Intervenor Defendants, represented by Jacqueline Leigh McDonald, Pucheu Law, Kevin M. O'Brien, Downey Brand LLP, Meredith E. Nikkel, Downey Brand Llp, Steven Paul Saxton, Downey Brand LLP, Andrew Morrow Hitchings, Somach, Simmons & Dunn, Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard & Samuel E. Bivins, Downey Brand LLP.

Princeton-Codora-Glenn Irrigation District & Provident Irrigation District, Intervenor Defendants, represented by Andrew Morrow Hitchings, Somach, Simmons & Dunn, Jacqueline Leigh McDonald, Pucheu Law, Steven Paul Saxton, Downey Brand LLP, Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, James Mark Atlas, Downey Brand, LLP & Meredith E. Nikkel, Downey Brand Llp.

Kern County Water Agency, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Clifford W. Schulz, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard.


ORDER ADOPTING APRIL 20, 2018 ORDER DENYING THE UNITED STATES' MOTION TO QUASH CONSTRUED PREVIOUSLY AS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

On April 20, 2018, the assigned magistrate judge issued an order denying the United States Department of Commerce's ("DOC") motion to quash and granting Plaintiff...

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