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

Filing 714

STIPULATION and ORDER Redesignating California Department of Water Resources as a Plaintiff-Intervenor, signed by Judge Oliver W. Wanger on 6/3/2010. (Verduzco, M)

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EDMUND G. BROWN JR., State Bar No. 37100 Attorney General of California ROBERT W. BYRNE, State Bar No. 213155 Supervising Deputy Attorney General CLIFFORD T. LEE, State Bar No. 74687 CECILIA L. DENNIS, State Bar No. 201997 ALLISON GOLDSMITH, State Bar No. 238263 Deputy Attorneys General 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 San Francisco, CA 94102-7004 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] E-mail: [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiff Intervenor California Department of Water Resources IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE DELTA SMELT CASES 1:09-cv-407 OWW ______________________________________ Consolidated With: SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER Case No. 1:09-cv-422 OWW GSA AUTHORITY, et al. v. SALAZAR, et al. Case No. 1:09-cv-631 OWW GSA ______________________________________ Case No. 1:09-cv-892 OWW GSA Case No. 1:09-cv-480 OWW GSA STATE WATER CONTRACTORS v. Partially Consolidated with: SALAZAR, et al. Case No. 1:09-cv-01201-OWW-DLB ______________________________________ COALITION FOR A SUSTAINABLE DELTA, et al. v. UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, et al. ______________________________________ STIPULATION AND ORDER REDESIGNATING CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AS A PLAINTIFFINTERVENOR

METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA v. UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, et al. Judge: ______________________________________ STEWART & JASPER ORCHARDS, et al. v. UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, et al. ______________________________________ FAMILY FARM ALLIANCE v. KENNETH SALAZAR, et al. 1

Honorable Oliver W. Wanger

STIPULATION AND ORDER REDESIGNATING CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AS A PLAINTIFF-INTERVENOR (1:09-cv-407 OWW)

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California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and its former director Lester Snow were named as "real parties in interest" in several of the Delta Smelt Cases now consolidated under case no. 1:09-CV-0407-OWW. Specifically, DWR and former Director Snow were named as "real parties in interest" in complaints filed by San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority and Westlands Water District (09-cv-0407), State Water Contractors (09-cv-0422), Coalition for a Sustainable Delta and Kern County Water Agency (09-cv-0480), and The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (09-cv-0631). DWR also was named as a "real party in interest" in a complaint filed by Stewart & Jasper Orchards, Arroyo Farms, LLC and King Pistachio Grove. On December 1, 2009, DWR filed a complaint in intervention in the above consolidated

All parties now agree and stipulate that DWR should be redesignated as a plaintiffintervenor in these cases and further request that the docket be updated to reflect this designation.

Dated: June 3, 2010

Respectfully submitted, EDMUND G. BROWN JR. Attorney General of California ROBERT W. BYRNE Supervising Deputy Attorney General CLIFFORD T. LEE CECILIA L. DENNIS ALLISON GOLDSMITH Deputy Attorneys General /S/ CECILIA L. DENNIS CECILIA L. DENNIS Deputy Attorney General Attorneys for Plaintiff Intervenor California Department of Water Resources

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Dated: June 3, 2010

BEST, BEST & KREIGER LLP

/s/ [Gregory K. Wilkinson] (as authorized) GREGORY K. WILKINSON Attorneys for Plaintiff State Water Contractors Dated: June 3, 2010 DIEPENBROCK HARRISON

/s/ [Eileen M. Diepenbrock] (as authorized) EILEEN M. DIEPENBROCK Attorneys for Plaintiffs San Luis & DeltaMendota Water Authority and Westlands Water District Dated: June 3, 2010 NOSSAMAN LLP

/s/ [Paul W. Weiland] (as authorizezd) PAUL S. WEILAND Attorneys for Plaintiff Coalition for a Sustainable Delta and Kern County Water Agency Dated: June 3, 2010 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

/s/[Christopher J. Carr] (as authorized) CHRISTOPHER J. CARR Attorneys for Plaintiff The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Dated: June 3, 2010 PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

/s/ [Brandon M. Middleton] (as authorized) BRANDON M. MIDDLETON Attorneys for Plaintiffs Stewart & Jasper Orchards, Arroyo Farms, LLC, and King Pistachio Grove

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Dated: June 3, 2010

THE BRENDA DAVIS LAW GROUP

/s/ [Brenda W. Davis] (as authorized) BRENDA W. DAVIS Attorneys for Plaintiff Family Farm Alliance Dated: June 3, 2010 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

/s/ [Ethan C. Eddy] (as authorized) ETHAN C. EDDY Attorneys for the Federal Defendants Dated: June 3, 2010 NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL

/s/ [Katherine Poole] (as authorized) KATHERINE POOLE Attorneys for Defendant Intervenor Natural Resources Defense Council Dated: June , 2010 EARTHJUSTICE

/s/ [George Torgen] (as authorized) GEORGE TORGEN Attorneys for Defendant Intervenor The Bay Institute and Natural Resources Defense Council

IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated:
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June 3, 2010

/s/ Oliver W. Wanger
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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