Natural Resources Defense Council et al v. Norton et al

Filing 1092

STIPULATION and ORDER to Extend Deadlines, signed by Chief Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill on 6/7/2017. (Motions deadline extended by fourteen days, to and including 6/21/2017.)(Gaumnitz, R)

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1 COUNSEL IDENTIFICATION ON FINAL PAGE 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 8 NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, et al., 9 10 11 12 13 Plaintiffs, v. RYAN K. ZINKE, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Interior, et al., Defendants. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 SAN LUIS & DELTA MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants-Intervenors. ANDERSON-COTTONWOOD IRRIGATION DISTRICT, et al., Joined Parties. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINES CASE NO. 1:05-CV-01207 LJO-EPG Case No. 1:05-cv-01207 LJO-EPG STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINES 1 WHEREAS, on May 18, 2017, the parties filed the first joint stipulated request to extend 2 the deadlines to file all motions regarding completeness of the administrative record, any motions 3 or stipulations to limit review of the Sixth Claim as against Federal Defendants to the 4 administrative record, and any notice to the Court and parties of intent to seek discovery on the 5 Sixth Claim as against Federal Defendants from May 24 to June 7, 2017 (ECF No. 1088), which 6 was granted by this Court on the same day (ECF No. 1089); 7 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Federal Defendants have reached a tentative agreement that will 8 avoid motion practice concerning discovery against the Federal Defendants with respect to 9 Plaintiffs’ Sixth Claim; 10 WHEREAS, in order to promote the efficient resolution of Plaintiffs’ Sixth Claim and 11 obviate the need for any discovery as against the Federal Defendants, Federal Defendants are now 12 seeking to reach a similar agreement with the SRS Contractors; 13 WHEREAS, Plaintiffs and Federal Defendants are diligently working toward resolving 14 questions about the scope of the administrative record in an effort to obviate the need for motion 15 practice; 16 17 STIPULATION NOW THEREFORE, counsel for Plaintiffs and Defendants hereby stipulate to and jointly 18 request an order extending the deadlines to file all motions regarding completeness of the 19 administrative record, any motions or stipulations to limit review of the Sixth Claim as against 20 Federal Defendants to the administrative record, and any notice to the Court and parties of intent to 21 seek discovery on the Sixth Claim as against Federal Defendants by fourteen days, to and including 22 June 21, 2017. 23 24 25 DATED: June 7, 2017 26 /s/_Nicole M. Smith_______ Nicole M. Smith U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 601 D Street, NW Room 3712 Washington, D.C. 20044-7611 27 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINES CASE NO. 1:05-CV-01207 LJO-EPG 1 1 Telephone: (202) 305-0368 Facsimile: (202) 305-0275 Bradley H. Oliphant, Trial Attorney U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ENVIRONMENT & NATURAL RESOURCES DIVISION 999 18th St., South Terrace, Ste. 370 Denver, CO 80202 Tel: (303) 844-1381 Facsimile: (303) 844-1350 2 3 4 5 6 Attorneys for Respondents Ryan K. Zinke, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Interior, et al. 7 8 DATED: June 7, 2017 9 10 /s/ Katherine S. Poole (as authorized on June 7, 2017). Katherine S. Poole 13 KATHERINE POOLE (SBN 195010) DOUGLAS ANDREW OBEGI (SBN 246127) NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL 111 Sutter Street, 21st Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: (415) 875-6100 Facsimile: (415) 875-6161 14 Attorneys for Plaintiff NRDC 15 19 HAMILTON CANDEE (SBN 111376) BARBARA JANE CHISHOLM (SBN 224656) TONY LOPRESTI (SBN 289269) CORINNE JOHNSON (SB 287385) ALTSHULER BERZON LLP 177 Post St., Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94108 Telephone: (415) 421-7151 Facsimile: (415) 362-8064 20 Attorneys for Plaintiff NRDC 11 12 16 17 18 21 DATED: June 7, 2017 22 23 /s/Meredith Nikkel (as authorized on June 7, 2017) Meredith Nikkel DOWNEY BRAND LLP 621 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 444-1000 Facsimile: (916) 444-2100 24 25 26 Attorneys for Intervenors and Joined Party Defendants Reclamation District No. 108, Sutter Mutual Water Company, Natomas Central Mutual Water Company, River Garden Farms Company, Pleasant Grove-Verona Mutual Water Company, 27 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINES CASE NO. 1:05-CV-01207 LJO-EPG 2 1 Pelger Mutual Water Company, Meridian Farms Water Company, Henry D. Richter, et al., Howald Farms, Inc., Oji Brothers Farm, Inc., Oji Family Partnership, Carter Mutual Water Company, Windswept Land And Livestock Company, Maxwell Irrigation District, and Tisdale Irrigation and Drainage Company 2 3 4 5 6 DATED: June 7, 2017 7 /s/ Andrew Hitchings (as authorized on June 7, 2017) Andrew Hitchings SOMACH SIMMONS & DUNN A Professional Corporation 500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 446-7979 Facsimile: (916) 446-8199 8 9 10 11 Attorneys for Intervenors and Joined Party Defendants Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, Princeton-Codora-Glenn Irrigation District, Provident Irrigation District, Anderson-Cottonwood Irrigation District, City Of Redding, M & T Chico Ranch (Pacific Realty Associates), Reclamation District No. 1004, Conaway Preservation Group, LLC, and David and Alice te Velde Family Trust 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DATED: June 7, 2017 19 /s/ Daniel J. O’Hanlon (as authorized on June 7 2017) Daniel J. O’Hanlon KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN & GIRARD A Professional Corporation 400 Capitol Mall, 27th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 Telephone: (916) 321-4500 Facsimile: (916) 321-4555 20 21 22 23 24 Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors and Joined Party Defendants, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, Westlands Water District, Coelho Family Trust, Eagle Field Water District, Fresno Slough Water District, Mercy Springs Water District, Oro Loma Water District, and Tranquillity Irrigation District 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINES CASE NO. 1:05-CV-01207 LJO-EPG 3 1 2 ORDER Pursuant to the Parties’ Stipulation, the Court hereby ORDERS that the deadlines to file all 3 motions regarding completeness of the administrative record, any motions or stipulations to limit 4 review of the Sixth Claim as against Federal Defendants to the administrative record, and any 5 notice to the Court and parties of intent to seek discovery on the Sixth Claim as against Federal 6 Defendants shall be extended by fourteen days, to and including June 21, 2017. 7 8 9 10 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill _____ June 7, 2017 UNITED STATES CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STIPULATION AND ORDER TO EXTEND DEADLINES CASE NO. 1:05-CV-01207 LJO-EPG 4

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