Kern County Water Agency et al v. Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce et al

Filing 6

ORDER GRANTING the parties' request to hear the instant case along with the other Motions to Consolidate (cases 1:09-CV-1090, 1:09-CV-1053, and 1:09-CV-1378) to be heard on 9/10/2009 at 08:15 AM in Courtroom 3 (OWW) before Judge Oliver W. Wanger. The January Initial Scheduling Conference has also been ADVANCED and will now be heard on 9/10/2009 at 08:15 AM in Courtroom 3 (OWW) before Judge Oliver W. Wanger; order signed by Judge Oliver W. Wanger on 9/8/2009. (Rooney, M)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 JOHN C. CRUDEN, Acting Assistant Attorney General JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief SETH M. BARSKY, 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 14 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Stipulation NO. 1:09-CV-1520-OWW-SMS KERN COUNTY WATER AGENCY, et al,.) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ) COMMERCE, et al. ) ) Defendants. ) CASE NO. 1:09-CV-1520-OWW-SMS STIPULATION AND ORDER TO ADD CASE TO MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE (Deferred) Hearing: September 10, 2009 Time: 8:15 A.M. Ctrm: 3 Judge: Hon. Oliver W. Wanger On August 28, 2009, the above-captioned action was filed, challenging the NMFS 2009 biological opinion, the same agency action at issue in Stockton East Water District v. NOAA, No. 1:09-CV-1090-OWW-DLB, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, et al. v. Locke et al. ("San Luis"), No. 1:09-CV-1053-OWW-DLB, State Water Contractors v. Locke, No. 1:09CV-1378-OWW-SMS, and Oakdale Irrigation District, et al. v. U.S. Dep't of Commerce, et al., 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 No 2:09-CV-2452-JAM-KJM. On July 29, 2009, the Federal Defendants moved to consolidate the Stockton East and San Luis cases. See 1:09-CV-1053, Docket No. 26; 1:09-CV-1090, Docket No. 11. On August 6, the State Water Contractors case was filed. On August 20, 2009, the parties in all three cases stipulated to add the State Water Contractors case to the pending motion to consolidate and advance the scheduling conference to September 10, with the Stockton East and San Luis cases. See 1:09-CV-1378, Docket No. 13. This stipulation was approved on August 28, 2009. Id. at Docket No. 19. At the August 31, 2009 hearing on the motion to consolidate, the Court deferred ruling on the motion until scheduling issues were clarified through the joint scheduling report and the September 10, 2009 scheduling conference. In light of the deferral, the Federal Defendants requested that the newly-filed Kern County Water Agency case be added to the motion to consolidate. Counsel for the plaintiffs in the Kern County Water Agency case was present in the courtroom and agreed to the request. Like the other four cases, the Federal Defendants assert that the above-captioned case meets the consolidation factors outlined in the pending motion, as all cases involve the same parties, are based on the same or similar claims, involve the same transaction or event and 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. As with consolidation of the cases named in our Motion, the Plaintiffs in all five cases "agree that some consolidation of the matters is desirable." See San Luis, Docket No. 29 at 1. In this regard, it is the above-captioned Plaintiffs' position that they should be permitted to independently pursue all of their individual claims. With respect to any overlapping claims, the above-captioned Plaintiffs agree to coordinate regarding the filing of any motions. Accordingly, the parties in all five matters hereby stipulate that the above-captioned case be added to Federal Defendants' Motion to Consolidate, originally set for hearing on August 31, Stipulation NO. 1:09-CV-1520-OWW-SMS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2009, but now deferred to the September 10 scheduling conference. The parties also stipulate that the case management conference in the above-captioned case be advanced to the date and time set for the case management conferences in the San Luis, Stockton East, and State Water Contractors cases (September 10, 2009, 8:15 A.M.). IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: 9/8/2009 /s/ OLIVER W. WANGER The Hon. Oliver W. Wanger Respectfully submitted this 3rd day of September, 2009. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Stipulation NO. 1:09-CV-1520-OWW-SMS /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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2291 West March Lane, Suite B100 Stockton, CA 95207 Tel: (209) 472-7700 Attorneys for Stockton East Water District /s/ Greg Wilkinson (per auth. 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 Riverside, CA 92502 Tel: (951) 686-1450/Fax: (951) 686-3083 Gregory.Wilkinson@BBKlaw.com Attorneys for State Water Contractors 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Stipulation NO. 1:09-CV-1520-OWW-SMS NOSSAMAN LLP ROBERT D. THORNTON (SBN 072934) rthornton@nossaman.com /s/ Paul S. Weiland (per auth. to Bridget McNeil) PAUL S. WEILAND (SBN 237058) pweiland@nossaman.com AUDREY M. HUANG (SBN 217622) ahuang@nossaman.com 18101 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 1800 Irvine, CA 92612-0177 Telephone: (949) 833-7800 Facsimile: (949) 833-7878 KERN COUNTY WATER AGENCY AMELIA T. MINABERRIGARAI (SBN 192359) P.O. Box 58 Bakersfield, CA 93302-0058 Telephone: (661) 634-1400 Facsimile: (661) 634-1428 Attorneys for Plaintiffs Coalition for a Sustainable Delta and Kern County Water Agency /s/ Bill Paris (per auth. to Bridget McNeil) William C. Paris III (SBN 168712) Tim O'Laughlin (SBN 116807) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Kenneth Petruzzelli (SBN 227192) Katie J. Shea (SBN 261638) O'LAUGHLIN & PARIS LLP 117 Meyers Street, Suite 110 Post Office Box 9259 Chico, California 95927-9259 Telephone: 530.899.9755 Facsimile: 530.899.1367 Attorneys for Oakdale Irrigation District and South San Joaquin Irrigation District JOHN C. CRUDEN, Acting Assistant Attorney General JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief SETH M. BARSKY, 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 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Stipulation NO. 1:09-CV-1520-OWW-SMS /s/ Mike Sherwood (per auth. to Bridget McNeil) MICHAEL R. SHERWOOD, State Bar No. 63702 ERIN M. TOBIN, State Bar No. 234943 Earthjustice 426 17th Street, 5th Floor Oakland, CA 94612 msherwood@earthjustice.org; etobin@earthjustice.org Tel: 510-550-6725 / Fax: 510-550-6749 1 2 3 4 5 6 Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors /s/ Kate Poole (per auth. to Bridget McNeil) 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 kpoole@nrdc.org; dobegi@nrdc.org Tel: 415-875-6100 / Fax: 415-875-6161 Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor NRDC 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-1520-OWW-SMS 1 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 3 I hereby certify that on the 3rd day of September, 2009, I filed a true and correct copy of 4 the foregoing Stipulation to Add Case to Federal Defendants' Motion to Consolidate with the 5 Court' CM/ECF system, which will generate a Notice of Filing on the following: 6 7 Amelia Minaberrigarai 8 Audrey M. Huang 9 Paul S. Weiland 10 11 12 /s/ Bridget Kennedy McNeil 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Stipulation NO. 1:09-CV-1520-OWW-SMS ameliam@kcwa.com ahuang@nossaman.com pweiland@nossaman.com

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