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

Filing 27

ORDER GRANTING Hoopa Valley Tribe's 24 Motion to Intervene as Defendant signed by District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill on 8/24/2015. (Sant Agata, S)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER
AUTHORITY and WESTLANDS WATER
DISTRICT,

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Plaintiffs,

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Case No. 1:15-cv-1290 LJO GSA

ORDER GRANTING HOOPA VALLEY
TRIBE’S MOTION TO INTERVENE AS
DEFENDANT (Doc. 24)

v.
SALLY JEWELL, as Secretary of the
U.S. Department of the Interior; U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR;
U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION;
ESTEVAN LOPEZ, as Commissioner, Bureau
of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the
Interior; and DAVID MURILLO, as Regional
Director, Mid-Pacific Region, Bureau of
Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior,

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Defendants.
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The Hoopa Valley Tribe has moved to intervene as Defendant in this action. Plaintiffs

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and federal Defendants have no objection to the intervention and the motion satisfies all four

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requirements of intervention as of right pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(a). Accordingly, it is

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hereby ordered that the Hoopa Valley Tribe may intervene, conditioned upon the Hoopa Valley

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Tribe making every effort to avoid duplicative briefing.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

August 24, 2015

/s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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ORDER RE INTERVENTION OF HOOPA VALLEY TRIBE AS DEFENDANT