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

Filing 18

STIPULATION AND ORDER EXTENDING SCHEDULE FOR BRIEFING signed by Chief Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill on June 16, 2017. (Munoz, I)

1 DANIEL J. O’HANLON, State Bar No. 122380
REBECCA R. AKROYD, State Bar No. 267305
2 KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN & GIRARD
A Professional Corporation
3 400 Capitol Mall, 27th Floor
Sacramento, California 95814
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Facsimile: [phone]
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs, SAN LUIS & DELTA6 MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY and
WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT
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JON D. RUBIN, State Bar No. 196944
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SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY
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Sacramento, CA 95814
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Facsimile: [phone]
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Attorneys for Plaintiff, SAN LUIS & DELTA12 MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY
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Additional Counsel on Next Page
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER
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DISTRICT,
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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SALLY JEWELL, as Secretary of the U.S.
22 Department of the Interior; U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; U.S.
23 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION; ESTEVAN
LOPEZ, as Commissioner, Bureau of
24 Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior
and DAVID MURILLO, as Regional Director,
25 Mid-Pacific Region, Bureau of Reclamation,
U.S. Department of the Interior,
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Defendants.
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Case No. 1:16-cv-00983-LJO-EPG
STIPULATION AND ORDER
EXTENDING SCHEDULE FOR
BRIEFING

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ADDITIONAL COUNSEL

2 PHILIP A. WILLIAMS, State Bar No. 296683
Deputy General Counsel
3 WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT
400 Capitol Mall, 28th Floor
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Telephone: [phone]
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RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Court’s November 2, 2016 Scheduling Conference Order (Doc. 12)

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June 30, 2017

Plaintiffs shall file their motion for summary judgment.

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August 30, 2017

Defendants shall file their combined cross-motion for summary
judgment and opposition to Plaintiffs’ motion for summary
judgment.

September 29, 2017

Plaintiffs shall file their combined opposition to Defendants’
cross-motion for summary judgment and reply in support of
Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment.

October 30, 2017

Defendants shall file their reply in support of their cross-motion
for summary judgment.

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WHEREAS, the parties are pursuing discussions that may avoid the necessity of filing

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WHEREAS, the parties agree that in light of these discussions, a ninety-day extension of

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AND WHEREAS, the parties agree that the revised schedule should be as follows:

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September 28, 2017

Plaintiffs shall file their motion for summary judgment.

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November 28, 2017

Defendants shall file their combined cross-motion for summary
judgment and opposition to Plaintiffs’ motion for summary
judgment.

December 28, 2017

Plaintiffs shall file their combined opposition to Defendants’
cross-motion for summary judgment and reply in support of
Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment.

January 28, 2018

Defendants shall file their reply in support of their cross-motion
for summary judgment.

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STIPULATION
NOW THEREFORE, counsel for the parties hereby stipulate to a ninety-day extension of

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September 28, 2017

Plaintiffs shall file their motion for summary judgment.

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November 28, 2017

Defendants shall file their combined cross-motion for summary
judgment and opposition to Plaintiffs’ motion for summary
judgment.

December 28, 2017

Plaintiffs shall file their combined opposition to Defendants’
cross-motion for summary judgment and reply in support of
Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment.

January 28, 2018

Defendants shall file their reply in support of their cross-motion
for summary judgment.

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KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN & GIRARD
A Professional Corporation

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By:

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/s/ Daniel J. O’Hanlon
Daniel J. O’Hanlon
Attorneys for Plaintiffs, SAN LUIS & DELTAMENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY and
WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT

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JEFFREY H. WOOD
Acting Assistant Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice
Environment and Natural Resources Division

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By:

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/s/ Anna K. Stimmel
ANNA K. STIMMEL
Trial Attorney
Natural Resources Section
301 Howard Street, Suite 1050
San Francisco, CA 94105
[phone] (Tel); [phone] (Fax)
[e-mail]
Counsel for Federal Defendants

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ORDER
Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, the Court hereby ORDERS that the schedule for

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3 briefing in the Court’s November 2, 2016 Scheduling Order (Doc. 12) be extended by ninety days,
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Plaintiffs shall submit their motion for summary judgment on or before September 28,

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Defendants shall submit their combined cross-motion for summary judgment and

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Plaintiffs shall submit their combined opposition to Defendants’ cross-motion for summary

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Defendants shall submit their reply in support of their cross-motion for summary judgment

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Dated:

/s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill _____

June 16, 2017

UNITED STATES CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE

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