IN EQUITY C-125-B: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. WALKER RIVER IRRIGATION, ET AL.

Filing 1661

ORDER granting 1657 Unopposed Motion for Extension of Time to File Response to Walker River Irrigation District's 1652 , 1653 Objections : Plaintiff Parties' Response due by 12/2/2011 Signed by Judge Edward C. Reed, Jr on 9/28/2011. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - DRM)

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1 2 3 4 Simeon M. Herskovits, Nevada Bar No. 11155 Advocates for Community and Environment P.O. Box 1075 El Prado, New Mexico 87529 (575) 758-7202 simeon@communityandenvironment.net Attorney for Mineral County, Nevada 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEVADA 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) WALKER RIVER PAIUTE TRIBE, ) ) Plaintiff-Intervenor, ) vs. ) ) WALKER RIVER IRRIGATION DISTRICT, ) a corporation, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) _______________________________________) MINERAL COUNTY, ) ) Proposed-Plaintiff-Intervenor, ) vs. ) ) WALKER RIVER IRRIGATION DISTRICT ) a corporation, et al. ) ) Proposed Defendants. ) IN EQUITY NO. C-125-ECR Subproceedings: C-125-B & C-125-C 3:73-CV-00127-ECR- LRL & 3:73-CV-00128-ECR- LRL UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE RESPONSE TO WALKER RIVER IRRIGATION DISTRICT’S OBJECTIONS TO RULINGS OF MAGISTRATE JUDGE WITH RESPECT TO REVISED PROPOSED ORDERS AND AMENDED ORDERS CONCERNING SERVICE ISSUES PERTAINING TO DEFENDANTS WHO HAVE BEEN SERVED ORDER GRANTING 21 22 23 Pursuant to Rule 6(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and LR 6-1 and LR 6-2, counsel for the Mineral County moves the Court for an order extending the time for the Walker 24 25 River Paiute Tribe, United States of America, and Mineral County (“Plaintiff Parties”) to file 26 their response to the Walker River Irrigation District’s Objections to Rulings of Magistrate Judge 27 With Respect to Revised Proposed Orders and Amended Orders Concerning Service Issues 28 C-125-B/C-125-C: Mineral County Request for Extension 1 1 Pertaining to Defendants Who Have Been Served (“WRID’s objections”) (C-125-B Docs. 1652 2 & 1653; C-125-C Docs. 543 & 544) from on or before September 29, 2011, to on or before 3 December 2, 2011. 4 In support of this Motion, counsel for Mineral County represents the following to the 5 6 7 Court: 1. At the request of Plaintiff Parties, Magistrate Judge Leavitt held a telephonic status 8 conference on October 19, 2010, for the purpose of addressing pending service issues. 9 (Order, C-125-B Doc. 1598; C-125-C Doc. 512). 10 11 12 2. Pursuant to the status conference and by Stipulation and Order dated December 9, 2010, and December 15, 2010, respectively, the Court established a schedule for filing proposed service cutoff and successor-in-interest orders in C-125-B and C-125-C as well 13 14 15 16 as memoranda related to objections, if any, to the proposed orders. (C-125-B Doc. 1616; C-125-C Doc. 518). 3. Pursuant to the Court’s direction, on November 30, 2010, the United States and Walker 17 River Paiute Tribe filed a proposed Service Cut-Off order in subproceeding C-125-B and 18 the United States, Walker River Paiute Tribe, and Mineral County filed joint proposed 19 Successor-in-Interest Orders in subproceedings C-125-B and C-125-C. (C-125-B Docs. 20 1613 & 1614; C-125-C Doc. 516). 21 22 4. In late 2010 and early 2011, the Court extended the filing deadlines related to the 23 proposed orders three times, twice for Primary Defendants and once for the Plaintiff 24 Parties. (C-125-B Docs. 1617, 1620, 1627; C-125-C Docs. 519, 521, 528). 25 26 5. After briefing in early 2011, on August 24, 2011, Magistrate Judge Leavitt issued identical Revised Proposed Orders Concerning Service Issues Pertaining to Defendants 27 28 C-125-B/C-125-C: Mineral County Request for Extension 2 1 Who Have Been Served in both subproceedings 125-B and 125-C. (C-125-B Doc. 1649, 2 C-125-C Doc. 540). 3 4 6. On August 26, 2011, Magistrate Judge Leavitt issued an Amended Order Concerning Service Issues Pertaining to Defendants Who Have Been Served in subproceeding C-125- 5 6 B. (C-125-B Doc. 1650). 7 7. On September 6, 2011, Magistrate Judge Leavitt issued an identical Amended Order 8 Concerning Service Issues Pertaining to Defendants Who Have Been Served in 9 subproceeding C-125-C. (C-125-C Doc. 542). 10 11 12 8. The amended orders contained attachments not included in the August 24, 2011, orders, but are otherwise identical to the August 24 orders. 9. On September 12, 2011, WRID filed Objections to Rulings of Magistrate Judge With 13 14 Respect to Revised Proposed Orders and Amended Orders Concerning Service Issues 15 Pertaining to Defendants Who Have Been Served, challenging the Magistrate Judge’s 16 August 24, August 26, and September 6 orders. (C-125-B Docs. 1652 & 1653; C-125-C 17 Docs. 543 & 544). 18 19 20 10. On that same day, Circle Bar N Ranch, LLC, and Mica Farms, LLC joined in WRID’s objections. (C-125-B Doc. 1654; C-125-C Doc. 545). 11. Pursuant to LR IB 3-1 and Rule 6(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the deadline 21 22 for responses to WRID’s objections is September 29, 2011. 23 12. Just as the three Plaintiff Parties submitted joint filings on successor-in-interest issues 24 before Magistrate Judge Leavitt, the Walker River Paiute Tribe, United States of 25 America, and Mineral County plan to submit a joint response to WRID’s objections and 26 will need to work collaboratively on that response. 27 28 C-125-B/C-125-C: Mineral County Request for Extension 3 1 13. Attorneys for Mineral County currently are preparing for a six (6) week administrative 2 hearing, effectively a trial, before the Nevada State Engineer that is set to begin 3 September 26, 2011, and will run through November 18, 2011, with a two week 4 intermission in late October during which time counsel for Mineral County will be 5 6 engaged in intense preparation for the second half of the hearing. 7 14. Counsel for Mineral County is coordinating work on the joint response with counsel for 8 the United States and Walker River Paiute Tribe, and will endeavor to accomplish as 9 much as possible during the intermission in the State Engineer’s administrative hearing in 10 11 12 order to file the joint response as soon as possible. 15. However, due to the intensity and level of preparation required for that hearing, counsel for Mineral County likely will not have sufficient time to ensure that Mineral County’s 13 14 interests and positions are adequately addressed in the response to WRID’s objections 15 until after the completion of the hearing and the Thanksgiving holiday that immediately 16 follows. 17 18 19 20 16. Therefore, Mineral County requests an extension until December 2, 2011, in which to file a joint response to WRID’s objections. 17. Counsel for Mineral County has contacted counsel for Primary Defendants concerning this request for an extension and none of the Primary Defendants has objected to it.. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 C-125-B/C-125-C: Mineral County Request for Extension 4 1 NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the foregoing, Mineral County respectfully requests 2 that the Court grant this Unopposed Motion, and extend the time for Plaintiff Parties to file their 3 response to WRID’s objections, to on or before December 2, 2011, which would give counsel for 4 Mineral County sufficient time to work with the United States and Walker River Paiute Tribe to 5 6 prepare that response. 7 8 Respectfully submitted this 23rd day of September, 2011, 9 ADVOCATES FOR COMMUNITY & ENVIRONMENT 10 By: 11 12 13 14 /s/ Simeon M. Herskovits Nevada Bar No. 11155 P.O. Box 1075 El Prado, New Mexico 87529 Attorney for Mineral County 15 16 ORDER 17 18 19 20 September 28, 2011. Dated: ______________________________, 2011. IT IS SO ORDERED. 21 22 United States District Judge 23 24 25 26 27 28 C-125-B/C-125-C: Mineral County Request for Extension 5 Case 3:73-cv-00127-ECR-LRL Document 1657 Filed 09/23/11 Page 6 of 12 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 1 2 I hereby certify that on this 23rd day of September, 2011, I electronically filed the 3 4 foregoing UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE RESPONSE 5 TO WALKER RIVER IRRIGATION DISTRICT’S OBJECTIONS TO RULINGS OF 6 MAGISTRATE JUDGE WITH RESPECT TO REVISED PROPOSED ORDERS AND 7 AMENDED ORDERS CONCERNING SERVICE ISSUES PERTAINING TO DEFENDANTS 8 WHO HAVE BEEN SERVED with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which 9 10 11 12 13 14 will send notification of such filing to the following via their email addresses: Marta A. Adams madams@ag.nv.gov pyoung@ag.nv.gov Gregory W. Addington greg.addington@usdoj.gov judy.farmer@usdoj.gov joanie.silvershield@usdog.gov George N. Benesch gbenesch@sbcglobal.net 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Gordon H. DePaoli gdepaoli@woodburnandwedge.com Dale E. Ferguson dferguson@woodburnandwedge.com Simeon M. Herskovits simeon@communityandenvironment.net John W. Howard john@jwhowardattorneys.com, elisam@jwhowardattorneys.com 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Erin K. L. Mahaney emahaney@waterboards.ca.gov Ross E. de Lipkau RdeLipkau@parsonsbehle.com, LBagnall@parsonsbehle.com; ecf@parsonsbehl.com David L. Negri David.negri@usdoj.gov Michael Neville C-125-B/C-125-C: Mineral County Request for Extension 6 Case 3:73-cv-00127-ECR-LRL Document 1657 Filed 09/23/11 Page 7 of 12 1 michael.neville@doj.ca.gov, cory.marcelino@doj.ca.gov 2 Karen A. Peterson kpeterson@allisonmackenzie.com, egarrison@allisonmackenzie.com 3 4 Todd A. Plimpton tplimpton@msn.com 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Laura A. Schroeder counsel@water-law.com Stacey Simon ssimon@mono.ca.gov Wes Williams, Jr. wwilliams@standordalumni.org Cheri Emm-Smith districtattorney@mineralcountynv.org William E. Schaeffer Lander_lawyer@yahoo.com Bryan L. Stockton blstockt@ag.state.nv.us.gov, payoung@agstate.nv Stuart David Hotchkiss david.hotchkiss@ladwp.com 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Paul J. Anderson panderson@mclrenolaw.com Richard W. Harris rharris@gbis.com John Paul Schlegelmilch jpslaw@netscape.com Michael R. Montero mrm@eloreno.com 24 25 26 27 28 Julian C. Smith, Jr. joylyn@smithandharmer.com Gene M. Kaufman GKaufmann@mindenlaw.com C-125-B/C-125-C: Mineral County Request for Extension 7 Case 3:73-cv-00127-ECR-LRL Document 1657 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 J.D. Sullivan jd@mindenlaw.com Charles S. Zumpft zumpft@brooke-shaw.com Harry W. Swainston hwswainston@earthlink.net Malissa Hathaway McKeith mckeith@lbbslaw.com Sheri M. Thome Sheri.thome@wilsonelser.com Marvin W. Murphy marvinmurphy@sbcglobal.net Brian Chally brian.chally@lvvwd.com 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Kirk C. Johnson kirk@nvlawyers.com G. David Robertson gdavid@nvlawyers.com Louis S. Test twallace@htag.reno.nv.us T. Scott Brooke brooke@brooke-shaw.com William J. Duffy William.duffy@dgslaw.com Michael D. Hoy mhoy@nevadalaw.com Debbie Leonard dleonard@mcdonaldcarano.com 25 26 Michael F. Mackedon falonlaw@phonewave.net 27 28 C-125-B/C-125-C: Mineral County Request for Extension 8 Filed 09/23/11 Page 8 of 12 Case 3:73-cv-00127-ECR-LRL Document 1657 1 Filed 09/23/11 Page 9 of 12 Donald B. Mooney dbmooney@dcn.org 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Erick Soderlund esoderlu@water.ca.gov Don Springmeyer dspringmeyer@wrslawyers.com James Spoo spootoo@aol.com, jjrbau@hotmail.com Lynn Steyaert lls@water-law.com 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Michael A. Pagni mpagni@mcdonaldcarano.com Noelle R. Gentilli ngentill@water.ca.gov Sylvia L. Harrison sharrison@mcdonaldcarano.com Brad M. Johnston bjohnston@hollandandhart.com, RenoFedECF@halelane.com, btoriyama@halelane.com, carnold@halelane.com, cpulsipher@halelane.com, eford@hollandandhart.com Stephen M. Macfarlane Stephen.Macfarlane@usdoj.gov, deedee.sparks@usdoj.gov Marshall Rudolph mrudolph@mono.ca.gov Susan L. Schneider susan.schneider@usdoj.gov 23 Gary Stone jaliep@aol.com 24 and I further certify that I served or caused to have served a true and correct copy of the 25 foregoing UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE RESPONSE 26 TO WALKER RIVER IRRIGATION DISTRICT’S OBJECTIONS TO RULINGS OF 27 28 C-125-B/C-125-C: Mineral County Request for Extension 9 Case 3:73-cv-00127-ECR-LRL Document 1657 Filed 09/23/11 Page 10 of 12 1 MAGISTRATE JUDGE WITH RESPECT TO REVISED PROPOSED ORDERS AND 2 AMENDED ORDERS CONCERNING SERVICE ISSUES PERTAINING TO DEFENDANTS 3 WHO HAVE BEEN SERVED on the following non-CM/ECF participants by U.S Mail, postage 4 prepaid, this 23rd day of September, 2011. 5 6 7 Ken Spooner Walker River Irrigation District P.O. Box 820 Yerington, NV 89447 Jason King State Engineer – Division of Water Resources State of Nevada 901 S. Stewart Street Carson City, NV 89701 John Kramer Department of Water Resources 1416 Ninth Street, Room 1118 Sacramento, CA 94814 Jim Shaw Chief Dep. Water Commissioner U.S. Board of Water Commissioners P.O. Box 853 Yerington, NV 89447 Robert L. Hunter, Superintendent Western Nevada Agency Bureau of Indian Affairs 311 E. Washington Street Carson City, NV 89701-4065 Jeff Parker, Deputy Atty General Office of the Attorney General 100 N. Carson St. Carson City, NV 89701-4717 Leo Drozdoff Dept. of Conservation & Natural Resources State of Nevada 901 S. Stewart Street Carson City, NV 89701 Michael F. Mackedon P.O. Box 1203 179 South LaVerne Street Fallon, NV 89407 Nathan Goedde Staff Counsel California Dept. of Fish & Game 1416 Ninth Street, Suite 1335 Sacramento, CA 95814 Kelly R. Chase 1700 County Road, Suite A P.O. Box 2800 Minden, NV 89423 Michael D. Hoy Bible Hoy & Trachok 201 West Liberty Street, Third Floor Reno, NV 89511 Wesley G. Beverlin Malissa Hathaway McKeith Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LCP 221 N. Figueroa St., Suite 1200 Los Angeles, CA 90012 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 C-125-B/C-125-C: Mineral County Request for Extension 10 Case 3:73-cv-00127-ECR-LRL Document 1657 1 2 3 4 5 District Attorney for Lyon County 31 South Main Street Yerington, NV 89447 Timothy A. Lukas P.O. Box 3237 Reno, NV 89505 Weaver Revocable Trust Agreement, William M. Jr. & Rosemary F. Weaver, Trustees 510 Hwy. 338 Wellington, NV 89444 William J Shaw Brooke & Shaw, Ltd. 1590 Fourth Street P.O. Box 2860 Minden, NV 89423 Thomas J. Hall, Esq. Post Office Box 3948 305 S. Arlington Ave. Reno, NV 89505 Adah Blinn and John Hargus Trust, Robert Lewis Cooper, Trustee 984 Hwy 208 Yerington, NV 89447 Scott H. Shackelton Law Offices of Scott Shackelton 4160 Long Knife Road Reno, NV 89509 Richard B. Nuti P.O. Box 49 Smith, NV 89430 Casino West Lawrence B. Masini, RA 11 North Main Street Yerington, NV 89447 R.A. Palayo 5336 Awbury7 Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89110 Domenici 1991 Family Trust Lona Marie Domenici-Reese P.O. Box 333 Yerington, NV 89447 Charles Price 24 Panavista Circle Yerington, NV 89447 Theodore A. and Annette M. Emens 5A W. Pursel Lane Yerington, NV 89447 John Gustave Ritter III 34 Aiazzi Lane Yerington, NV 89447 L & M Family Limited Partnership Rife Sciarani & Co, RA 22 HWY 208 Yerington, NV 89447 Sceirine Fredericks Ranch c/o Todd Sceirine 3100 Hwy 338 Wellington, NV 89444 Wallace J. & Linda P. Lee 904 W. Goldfield Ave. Yerington, NV 89447 Silverado, Inc. Gordon R. Muir, RA One E. Liberty St., Suite 416 Reno, NV 89501 6 7 8 Filed 09/23/11 Page 11 of 12 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 C-125-B/C-125-C: Mineral County Request for Extension 11 Case 3:73-cv-00127-ECR-LRL Document 1657 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Filed 09/23/11 Page 12 of 12 Joseph J. Bessie J. Lommori Trust, Joseph J. & Bessie J. Lommori, Trustees 710 Pearl Street Yerington, NV 89447 Daniel G. & Shawna S. Smith P.O. Box 119 Wellington, NV 89444 Cynthia Menesini 111 N. Hwy 95A Yerington, NV 89447 Christy De Long & Kirk Andrew Stanton 27 Borsini Lane Yerington, NV 89447 Cynthia Nuti P.O. Box 49 Smith, NV 89430 Jerry E. Tilley Trust, Jerry E. Tilley, Trustee 11418 S. 105th E. Ave Bixby, OK 74008 Nancy J. Nuti P.O. Box 49 Smith, NV 89430 Susan Steneri P.O. Box 478 Yerington, NV 89447 Athena Brown, Superintendent Western Nevada Agency Bureau of Indian Affairs 311 E. Washington Street Carson City, NV 89701-4065 R. C. Howard Hale Lane Peek, Dennison & Howard 5441 Kietzke Lane Suite 200 Reno, NV 89511 George M. Keele 1692 County Road Suite A Minden, NV 89423 Gary A. Sheerin Gary A. Sheerin, Law Office of 177 W. Proctor Street, Suite B Carson City, NV 89703 Walker Lake Water Dist. G.I.D. Walker Lake GID 175 Wassuk Way Walker Lake, NV 89415 David Moser McCutchen, Doyle, Brown, et.al. Three Embaracadero Center Suite 1800 San Francisco, CA 94111 Gary Stone Water Master 290 South Arlington Ave. Reno, NV 89501 James Fousekis 2848 Garber Street Berkeley, CA 94705 Mary Rosaschi P.O. Box 22 Wellington, NV 89444 William K. Vicencio P.O. Box 478 Yerington, NV 89447 25 /s/ NOEL SIMMONS 26 27 28 C-125-B/C-125-C: Mineral County Request for Extension 12

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