Oklahoma Water Resources Board v. United States of America et al

Filing 98

ORDER. The Court sua sponte CONTINUES the stay imposed in this action; DIRECTS the parties to file a joint report on or before May 31, 2019; and DIRECTS counsel for Defendant United States of America to mail a copy of this Order to each individual and entity identified as respondent or defendant in the state court proceeding, if such individual or entity will not receive a copy of the Order through the Court's electronic filing system. Signed by Honorable Charles Goodwin on 02/01/2019. (jb)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA WATER
RESOURCES BOARD,

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Plaintiff,
vs.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
et al.,
Defendants.

Case No. CIV-12-275-G

ORDER
In August 2016, the Court was advised that all issues in this litigation had been
resolved. See Order of Aug. 12, 2016 (Doc. No. 92). The parties’ settlement agreement
was thereafter approved and ratified by Congress on December 16, 2016, and enacted into
federal law, Pub. L. No. 114-332, § 3608(i)(1), 130 Stat. 1628, 1810. Both the settlement
agreement and the subsequent federal legislation contain certain conditions precedent
necessary for full enforceability of the settlement agreement.
Based on the Joint Status Report filed on December 31, 2018, in Chickasaw Nation
v. Fallin, Case No. CIV-11-927-G, the Court is aware of the efforts of the parties in these
two cases to meet the remaining conditions precedent.
Accordingly, the Court sua sponte
(1) CONTINUES the stay imposed in this action;
(2) DIRECTS the parties to file a joint report on or before May 31, 2019, and (a) to
advise therein regarding satisfaction of the conditions precedent, (b) to suggest a date by

which all appropriate dispositive motions in conformance with the parties’ settlement
agreement are to be filed, and (c) to advise what further judicial action, if any, is necessary;
and
(3) further DIRECTS counsel for Defendant United States of America to mail a
copy of this Order to each individual and entity identified as respondent or defendant in
the state court proceeding, if such individual or entity will not receive a copy of the Order
through the Court’s electronic filing system. See Joint Status Rep. Ex. 1 (Doc. No. 94-1).
IT IS SO ORDERED this 1st day of February, 2019.

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