Puget Soundkeeper Alliance et al v. McCarthy et al

Filing 32

ORDER granting Plaintiffs' 27 Motion to Reopen Case; granting Plaintiffs' 28 Motion to amend and supplement the complaint; staying Plaintiffs' claims challenging the 2015 Waters of the United States Rule pending the Court's resolution of Plaintiffs' proposed additional claims. Signed by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (PM)

THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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PUGET SOUNDKEEPER ALLIANCE and
SIERRA CLUB,

CASE NO. C15-1342-JCC
ORDER

Plaintiffs,
v.

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SCOTT PRUITT, in his official capacity as
Administrator of the United States
Environmental Protection Agency, and R.D.
JAMES, in his official capacity as Secretary of
the Army for Civil Works,
Defendants.

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This matter comes before the Court on the parties’ stipulated motion to reopen the case

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and stay claims (Dkt. No. 31). The parties agree that the Court should reopen the case, permit

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Plaintiffs to amend and supplement the complaint, and stay existing claims. (Id. at 1.) Having

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considered the parties’ stipulation and Plaintiffs’ unopposed motions to reopen the case (Dkt.

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No. 27) and for leave to amend the complaint (Dkt. No. 28), the Court finds good cause to

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ENTER the parties’ stipulated order (Dkt. No. 31). Therefore, the Court ORDERS as follows:

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(1) Plaintiffs’ motion to reopen the case (Dkt. No. 27) is GRANTED. The Clerk is
DIRECTED to reopen this matter.
(2) Plaintiffs’ motion to amend and supplement the complaint (Dkt. No. 28) is

ORDER
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GRANTED.
(3) Plaintiffs’ existing claims challenging the 2015 Waters of the United States Rule are
STAYED pending the Court’s resolution of Plaintiffs’ proposed additional
claims. DATED this 27th day of April 2018.

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John C. Coughenour
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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ORDER
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