NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL v. BERNHARDT

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

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, et al., Plaintiffs, v. DAVID BERNHARDT, Acting 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.

January 21, 2020.

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 Barbara Jane Chisholm, Altshulter Berzon LLP, Corinne F. Johnson, Altshuler Berzon, Danielle Leonard, Altshuler Berzon LLP, Drevet John Hunt, Natural Resources Defense Council, Hamilton Candee, Altshuler Berzon, Katherine Scott Poole, Natural Resources Defense Council, Marie Elizabeth Logan, Earthjustice, Nina Catherine Robertson, Earthjustice & Stacey P. Geis, Earthjustice.

Baykeeper & Its Deltakeeper Chapter, Friends of the River & Bay Institute, all non-profit organizations, Plaintiffs, represented by Hamilton Candee, Altshuler Berzon, Katherine Scott Poole, Natural Resources Defense Council, Marie Elizabeth Logan, Earthjustice, Nina Catherine Robertson, Earthjustice, Stacey P. Geis, Earthjustice & Barbara Jane Chisholm, Altshulter Berzon LLP.

Winnemem Wintu Tribe & Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations/Institute for Fisheries Resources, Plaintiffs, represented by Marie Elizabeth Logan, Earthjustice, Nina Catherine Robertson, Earthjustice, Stacey P. Geis, Earthjustice & Barbara Jane Chisholm, Altshulter Berzon LLP.

David Bernhardt, Defendant, represented by Coby Healy Howell, USDOJ, Environmental and Natural Resources Division C/O US Attorney's Office, James A. Maysonett, Department of Justice Wildlife and Marine Resources Section, Lesley Lawrence-Hammer, U.S. DOJ, Env't & Natural Resources Div. Wildlife & Marine Resources Section & Nicole Marie Smith, Department Of Justice.

Steven A Williams, Defendant, represented by 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, Brian Edward Hamilton, Downey Brand LLP, 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, Jared Stanton Mueller, Somach Simmons & Dunn & Meredith E. Nikkel, Downey Brand LLP.

Beverly F. Andreotti, Defendant, represented by Brian Edward Hamilton, Downey Brand LLP, 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 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 Brian Edward Hamilton, Downey Brand LLP, 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.

Conaway Conservancy Group, Defendant, represented by Steven Paul Saxton, Downey Brand LLP, Andrew Morrow Hitchings, Somach, Simmons & Dunn, Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Jared Stanton Mueller, Somach Simmons & Dunn, 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.

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

Howald Farms, Inc., Defendant, represented by Brian Edward Hamilton, Downey Brand LLP, 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, Brian Edward Hamilton, Downey Brand LLP, Lynette Marie Frediani, City Of Redding, Steven Paul Saxton, Downey Brand LLP, Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Jared Stanton Mueller, Somach Simmons & Dunn & 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, Defendant, represented by Andrew Morrow Hitchings, Somach, Simmons & Dunn, Brian Edward Hamilton, Downey Brand LLP, Jared Stanton Mueller, 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, Brian Edward Hamilton, Downey Brand LLP, Brittany Kirsten Lewis-Roberts, Somach Simmons & Dunn, Stuart Leslie Somach, Somach Simmons & Dunn, Jared Stanton Mueller, Somach Simmons & Dunn & Meredith E. Nikkel, Downey Brand LLP.

Pelger Road 1700, LLC, Defendant, represented by Andrew Morrow Hitchings, Somach, Simmons & Dunn, Brian Edward Hamilton, Downey Brand LLP & 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 & United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Defendants, represented by Coby Healy Howell, USDOJ, Environmental and Natural Resources Division C/O US Attorney's Office, Lesley Lawrence-Hammer, U.S. DOJ, Env't & Natural Resources Div. Wildlife & Marine Resources Section & 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, Brenda Washington Davis, The Brenda Davis Law Group & Christian Charles Scheuring, California Farm Bureau Federation.

State Water Contractors, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Stefanie Denise Morris, Best Best & Krieger LLP, Christian Charles Scheuring, California Farm Bureau Federation, Linus Serafeim Masouredis, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California & 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, Brian Edward Hamilton, Downey Brand LLP, 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, Jared Stanton Mueller, Somach Simmons & Dunn & Meredith E. Nikkel, Downey Brand LLP.

Natomas Central Mutual Water Company, Pleasant Grove-Verona Mutual Water Company, Reclamation District 108 & River Garden Farms, Intervenor Defendants, represented by Brian Edward Hamilton, Downey Brand LLP, 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.

Pelger Mutual Water Company, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Brian Edward Hamilton, Downey Brand LLP, 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, Jared Stanton Mueller, Somach Simmons & Dunn & Samuel E. Bivins, Downey Brand LLP.

Princeton-Codora-Glenn Irrigation District & Provident Irrigation District, Intervenor Defendants, represented by Andrew Morrow Hitchings, Somach, Simmons & Dunn, Brian Edward Hamilton, Downey Brand LLP, Steven Paul Saxton, Downey Brand LLP, Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, James Mark Atlas, Downey Brand, LLP, Jared Stanton Mueller, Somach Simmons & Dunn & Meredith E. Nikkel, Downey Brand LLP.

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


ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO STAY SIXTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF; AND DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE MOTIONS TO DISMISS SIXTH CLAIM. ECF NOS. 1323-24, 1381-82

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