Stockton East Water District v. United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration et al

Filing 38

ORDER GRANTING Motion to Intervene 29 , signed by Judge Oliver W. Wanger on 9/2/09. (Hellings, J)

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MICHAEL R. SHERWOOD, State Bar No. 63702 ERIN M. TOBIN, State Bar No. 234943 Earthjustice 426 17th Street, 5th Floor Oakland, CA 94612 [e-mail]; [e-mail] Tel: [phone] / Fax: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors KATHERINE S. POOLE, State Bar No. 195010 DOUG OBEGI, State Bar No. 246127 Natural Resources Defense Council 111 Sutter Street, 20th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104 [e-mail]; [e-mail] Tel: [phone] / Fax: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor NRDC UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA FRESNO DIVISION STOCKTON EAST WATER DISTRICT, ) Case No.: 1:09-CV-1090-OWW-DLB ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER GRANTING vs. ) MOTION TO INTERVENE ) UNITED STATES NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ) ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) PACIFIC COAST FEDERATION OF FISHERMEN'S ) ASSOCIATIONS/INSTITUTE FOR FISHERIES ) RESOURCES, et al., ) ) Defendant-Intervenors. ) )

[PROPOSED] ORDER ­ CASE NO. 09-1090-OWW-DLB

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[PROPOSED] ORDER Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations/Institute for Fisheries Resources, The Bay Institute, California Trout, Friends of the River, Natural Resources Defense Council, Northern California Council of the Federation of Fly Fishers, San Francisco Baykeeper, Sacramento River Preservation Trust, and the Winnemem Wintu Tribe ("Proposed Intervenors") have moved to Intervene as defendants in this matter. The motion was heard on August 31, 2009. Based upon the record and for good cause showing, the Court hereby ORDERS that the motion is GRANTED. Proposed Intervenors shall be allowed to intervene for all purposes in this litigation as of right pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(a). The Proposed Answer lodged by Proposed Intervenors with their Motion to Intervene shall be filed as the parties' answer.

/s/ OLIVER W.WANGER HON. OLIVER W. WANGER UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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Pursuant to Local Rule 5-137, the form of this Proposed Order has been approved by all

DATED: September 2, 2009

/s/ Erin M. Tobin MICHAEL R. SHERWOOD ERIN M. TOBIN Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors KATHERINE S. POOLE DOUG OBEGI Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor NRDC HERUM\CRABTREE A California Professional Corporation /s/ Alexis K. Galbraith (w/permission 9-1-09) ALEXIS K. GALBRAITH 2291 West March Lane, Suite B-100 Stockton, CA 95207 Telephone: [phone] JOHN C. CRUDEN, Acting Assistant Attorney General JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief LISA L. RUSSELL, Assistant Section Chief BRIDGET KENNEDY McNEIL, Trial Attorney /s/ Bridget Kennedy McNeil (w/permission 9-2-09) BRIDGET KENNEDY McNEIL (CO State Bar 034299) U.S. Department of Justice Environmental and Natural Resources Division Wildlife & Marine Resources Section 1961 Stout St., 8th Floor Denver, CO 80294 Ph: 303-844-1484/Fax: [phone] [e-mail] WILLIAM J. SHAPIRO, Trial Attorney (CO State Bar 030929) U.S. Department of Justice Environmental and Natural Resources Division Natural Resources Section 501 I Street, Suite 9-700 Sacramento, CA 95814 Ph: 916-930-2207/ Fax: [phone] [e-mail] Attorneys for the Federal Defendants

[PROPOSED] ORDER ­ CASE NO. 09-1090-OWW-DLB

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