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

Filing 38

STIPULATION and ORDER regarding Federal Defendants' Motion to Consolidate to be heard on 8/31/2009 at 10:00 AM before Judge Oliver W. Wanger; order signed by Judge Oliver W. Wanger on 8/28/2009. (Rooney, M)

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Case 1:09-cv-01053-OWW-DLB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Stipulation NO. 1:09-CV-1053-OWW-DLB Document 31 Filed 08/20/2009 Page 1 of 5 JOHN C. CRUDEN, Acting Assistant Attorney General JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief LISA L. RUSSELL, Assistant Section Chief BRIDGET KENNEDY McNEIL, Trial Attorney (CO State Bar 034299) U.S. Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division Wildlife & Marine Resources Section 1961 Stout St., 8th Floor Denver, CO 80294 Ph: 303-844-1484/Fax: 303-844-1350 bridget.mcneil@usdoj.gov WILLIAM J. SHAPIRO, Trial Attorney (CO State Bar 030929) U. S. Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division Natural Resources Section 501 I Street, Suite 9-700 Sacramento, CA 95814 Ph: 916-930-2207/ Fax: 916-930-2010 william.shapiro@usdoj.gov Attorneys for the Federal Defendants UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY; WESTLANDS DISTRICT, Plaintiffs, v. LOCKE, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) CASE NO. 1:09-CV-1053-OWW-DLB STIPULATION TO ADD CASE TO FEDERAL DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE Hearing: August 31, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. Ctrm: 3 Judge: Hon. Oliver W. Wanger On July 29, 2009, Federal Defendants moved to consolidate the above-captioned case and Stockton East Water District v. NOAA, No. 1:09-CV-1090-OWW-DLB. See Docket No. 26. Plaintiffs filed a response on August 14, 2009. See Docket No. 29. On August 6, 2009, a new case was filed challenging the NMFS 2009 biological opinion, the same agency action at issue in the above-captioned case and the Stockton East cases. See Case 1:09-cv-01053-OWW-DLB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Stipulation NO. 1:09-CV-1053-OWW-DLB Document 31 Filed 08/20/2009 Page 2 of 5 State Water Contractors v. Locke, et al., No. 1:09-CV-1378-OWW-SMS. On August 12, 2009, the State Water Contractors filed a Notice of Related Case, stating that their challenge is related to the above-captioned case because the challenges "both involve the same parties (Defendants); both cases are based on the same and similar claims (Defendants' violations of the ESA and other laws in preparing, approving and enforcing the 2009 OCAP BiOp); both cases involve the same transaction or event (Defendants' preparation, approval and enforcement of the 2009 OCAP BiOp); and both cases involve similar questions of fact and law such that their assignment to the same Judge is likely to effect a substantial savings of judicial effort." See State Water Contractors v. Locke, No. 1:09-CV-1378, Docket No. 11-2 at 8. The same arguments are raised with respect to the relationship between the State Water Contractors case and the Stockton East case. Id. at 9. Federal Defendants agree with the statements in the State Water Contractors' Notice of Related Case and assert that this challenge meets the consolidation factors outlined in our Motion to Consolidate. As with consolidation of the cases named in our Motion, the Plaintiffs in all three cases "agree that some consolidation of the matters is desirable." See Docket No. 29 at 1. [Placeholder for pls' desired reservation language]. Accordingly, the parties in all three matters hereby stipulate that the State Water Contractors case be added to Federal Defendants' Motion to Consolidate, set for hearing on August 31, 2009, and that the State Water Contractors case management conference be advanced to the date and time set for the case management conferences in the San Luis and Stockton East cases (September 10, 2009, 8:15 A.M.). IT IS SO ORDERED Dated: August 28, 2009 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger The Hon. Oliver W. Wanger Case 1:09-cv-01053-OWW-DLB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Stipulation NO. 1:09-CV-1053-OWW-DLB Document 31 Filed 08/20/2009 Page 3 of 5 Respectfully submitted this 20th day of August, 2009. /s/Eileen Diepenbrock (per auth. to Bridget McNeil) EILEEN M. DIEPENBROCK, State Bar No. 119254 JON D. RUBIN, State Bar No. 196944 JONATHAN R. MARZ, State Bar No. 221188 DIEPENBROCK HARRISON, A Professional Corporation 400 Capital Mall, Suite 1800 Sacramento, CA 95714 DANIEL J. O'HANLON, State Bar No. 122380 BECKY DELL SHEEHAN, State Bar No. 201596 HANSPETER WALTER, State Bar No. 244847 KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN & GIRARD 400 Capitol Mall, 27th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 Attorneys for San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority and Westlands Water District JEANNE M. ZOLEZZI - SBN: 121282 jzolezzi@herumcrabtree.com KARNA E. HARRIGFELD - SBN: 162824 kharrigfeld@herumcrabtree.com /s/ Jennifer Spaletta (per auth. to Bridget McNeil) JENNIFER L. SPALETTA - SBN: 200032 jspaletta@herumcrabtree.com ALEXIS GALBRAITH - SBN: 260756 agalbraith@herumcrabtree.com HERUM\CRABTREE A California Professional Corporation 2291 West March Lane, Suite B100 Stockton, CA 95207 Tel: (209) 472-7700 Attorneys for Stockton East Water District /s/ Greg Wilkinson (per authorization to Bridget McNeil) GREGORY K. WILKINSON, Bar No. 054809 STEVE M. ANDERSON, Bar No. 186700 JILL N. WILLIS, Bar. No. 200121 KIRA L. JOHNSON, Bar No. 259382 BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP 3750 University Avenue, Suite 400 P.O. Box 1028 Case 1:09-cv-01053-OWW-DLB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Stipulation NO. 1:09-CV-1053-OWW-DLB Document 31 Filed 08/20/2009 Page 4 of 5 Riverside, CA 92502 Tel: (951) 686-1450/Fax: (951) 686-3083 Gregory.Wilkinson@BBKlaw.com Attorneys for State Water Contractors JOHN C. CRUDEN, Acting Assistant Attorney General JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief LISA L. RUSSELL, Assistant Section Chief /s/ Bridget Kennedy McNeil BRIDGET KENNEDY McNEIL, Trial Attorney (CO State Bar 034299) U.S. Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division Wildlife & Marine Resources Section 1961 Stout St., 8th Floor Denver, CO 80294 Ph: 303-844-1484/Fax: 303-844-1350 bridget.mcneil@usdoj.gov WILLIAM J. SHAPIRO, Trial Attorney (CO State Bar 030929) U. S. Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division Natural Resources Section 501 I Street, Suite 9-700 Sacramento, CA 95814 Ph: 916-930-2207/ Fax: 916-930-2010 william.shapiro@usdoj.gov Attorneys for the Federal Defendants Case 1:09-cv-01053-OWW-DLB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Stipulation NO. 1:09-CV-1053-OWW-DLB Document 31 Filed 08/20/2009 Page 5 of 5 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on the 20th day of August, 2009, I filed a true and correct copy of the foregoing Stipulation to Add Case to Federal Defendants' Motion to Consolidate with the Court' CM/ECF system, which will generate a Notice of Filing on the following: Eileen M. Diepenbrock Jonathan R. Marz Daniel O'Hanlon Jon David Rubin Rebecca Dell Sheehan Jennifer Spaletta Hanspeter Walter emd@diepenbrock.com jmarz@diepenbrock.com dohanlon@kmtg.com jrubin@diepenbrock.com bsheehan@kmtg.com jspaletta@herumcrabtree.com hwalter@kmtg.com /s/ Bridget Kennedy McNeil

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