San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority et al v. Salazar et al

Filing 1161

ORDER Directing Clerk of Court to Return Deposited Funds, signed by District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill on 10/29/15. (Verduzco, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Lead Case:
1:09-cv-00407-LJO BAM

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Member Cases:
1:09-cv-00422-LJO-GSA
1:09-cv-00631-LJO-DLB
1:09-cv-00892-LJO-DLB

The Consolidated Delta Smelt Cases

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PARTIALLY CONSOLIDATED WITH:
1:09-cv-00480-LJO-GSA
1:09-cv-01201-LJO JLT

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ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF
COURT TO RETURN DEPOSITED
FUNDS

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During the course of a routine review of funds held in this Court’s registry accounts, it has

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come to the Court’s attention that $25,000.00 remains in the registry account for this case.

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$10,000.00 was deposited by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (Receipt

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Number CAE10016300); $5,000.00 by San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority (Receipt
Number CAE200017132); $5,000.00 by the Kern County Water Agency (Receipt Number
CAE10016301; and $5,000.00 from the Coalition for a Sustainable Delta (Receipt Number

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CAE10016302) in connection with the issuance of a preliminary injunction order entered

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September 2, 2011, Doc. 1015, and amended September 13, 2011, Doc. 1046. The preliminary

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injunction dissolved of its own accord on December 31, 2011. See Doc. 1045 at 1. This case is

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closed and all appeals are complete. Therefore, the Clerk of Court is ordered to return the above-

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mentioned funds to the depositing parties, along with a proportional amount of the interest
accrued as set forth below:

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The funds deposited by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California ($10,000),
along with forty percent (40%) of any accrued interest, shall be payable to:

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Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
c/o William P. Sloan
Morrison & Foerster, LLP
425 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94105

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The funds deposited by San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority ($5,000), along with

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twenty percent (20%) of any accrued interest, shall be payable to:
San Luis & Delta Mendota Water Authority
c/o Eileen Diepenbrock
Diepenbrock Elkin LLP
500 Capitol Mall, Ste. 2200
Sacramento, CA 95814
The funds deposited by the Kern County Water Agency ($5,000), along with twenty
percent (20%) of any accrued interest, shall be payable to:
Kern County Water Agency
c/o Paul S. Weiland
Nossaman LLP
18101 Von Karman Avenue, Ste. 1800
Irvine, CA 92612
The funds deposited by the Coalition for a Sustainable Delta ($5,000), along with twenty
percent (20%) of any accrued interest, shall be payable to:
Coalition for a Sustainable Delta
c/o Paul S. Weiland
Nossaman LLP
18101 Von Karman Avenue, Ste. 1800
Irvine, CA 92612
IT IS SO ORDERED
Dated: October 29, 2015
/s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill
United States District Judge
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