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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42:4321 Review of Agency Action-Environment

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FOURTH STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND OTHER 

EXPENSES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE DELTA SMELT CASES Case No. 1:09-cv-407-LJO-BAM

1:09-cv-422-LJO-DLB

1:09-cv-631-LJO-DLB

1:09-cv-892-LJO-DLB

Partially Consolidated With:

1:09-cv-480-LJO-GSA

1:09-cv-1201-LJO-DLB

FOURTH STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING MOTION FOR 

ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND OTHER 

EXPENSES

The Hon. Lawrence J. O’Neill

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER 

AUTHORITY, et al. v. SALAZAR, et al. 

(Case No. 1:09-cv-407)

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS v. 

SALAZAR, et al. (Case No. 1:09-cv-422)

COALITION FOR A SUSTAINABLE 

DELTA, et al. v. UNITED STATES FISH 

AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, et al. (Case No. 

1:09-cv-480)

METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT v. 

UNITED STATES FISH & WILDLIFE 

SERVICE, et al. (Case No. 1:09-cv-631)

STEWART & JASPER ORCHARDS, et al. v. 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE 

SERVICE, et al. (Case No. 1:09-cv-892)

FAMILY FARM ALLIANCE v. SALAZAR, 

et al. (Case No. 1:09-cv-1201)

To facilitate settlement discussions regarding Plaintiff San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water 

Authority’s (“Authority”) claim for attorneys’ fees and other expenses in this case, the Authority 

and Defendants Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Department of the Interior, et al. (“Federal 

Defendants”) have previously stipulated to, and the Court has ordered, a stay on briefing and 

argument of the Authority’s motion for attorneys’ fees and other expenses. Doc. 1144, Doc. 1149, 

Doc. 1152. These parties have reached a recommended agreement in principle to settle the 

Authority’s fees claim, subject to review within the Department of Justice and the Department of 

the Interior. To allow additional time for the review of the proposed settlement, the Authority and 

Federal Defendants jointly request that this Court extend the stay on Authority’s motion for 

attorneys’ fees and other expenses for an additional 45 days, to January 29, 2016. The parties are 

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requesting the same extension of a stay on the Authority’s pending motion for attorneys’ fees in 

the Consolidated Salmon Cases, Case 1:09-cv-1053-LJO-BAM, which these parties have likewise 

settled in principle. 

In support of this request, the Authority and Federal Defendants stipulate as follows:

1. On February 10, 2015, the Authority filed a motion for an award of attorneys’ fees 

and other expenses for this litigation. Doc. 1137. 

2. On February 11, 2015, the Court approved the parties’ stipulation to stay further 

briefing and argument on the Authority’s motion for attorneys’ fees and other expenses until July 

10, 2015, to allow for settlement discussions. Doc. 1144. 

3. On June 5, 2015, the Court approved the parties’ stipulation regarding the motion 

for attorneys’ fees and other expenses, under which the parties agreed to stay briefing and 

argument on the Authority’s motion for attorneys’ fees until September 15, 2015. Doc. 1149. 

That order directed the parties to apprise the Court of any settlement or further requested action, or 

jointly propose a briefing schedule to address the Authority’s motion for fees and other expenses if 

there was no settlement, by the expiration of the stay. 

4. On September 14, 2015, the Court approved the parties’ stipulation regarding the 

motion for attorneys’ fees and other expenses, under which the parties agreed to stay briefing and 

argument on the Authority’s motion for attorneys’ fees until December 15, 2015. Doc. 1152. 

5. The Authority and Federal Defendants have reached a recommended agreement in 

principle to settle the Authority’s claim for fees and expenses. Before any settlement can be 

concluded however, the proposed settlement terms must be reviewed and approved within the 

Department of Justice and the Department of the Interior. If the recommended agreement is 

eventually adopted, the Authority and Federal Defendants agree that further briefing and argument 

on the Authority’s claim for fees and other expenses, and a decision by the Court, will be 

unnecessary. A stay will therefore conserve the parties’ and the Court’s resources. 

6. Based on the joint stipulation set forth above, the parties respectfully request that 

this Court extend the stay of briefing and argument on the Authority’s motion for attorneys’ fees 

and other expenses until January 29, 2016. By that date, the parties will either report that 

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settlement has been completed and the Authority is withdrawing its motion for fees and expenses, 

or request other action by the Court in the absence of a completed settlement. 

Respectfully submitted this 14th day of December, 2015. 

Dated: December 14, 2015 DIEPENBROCK ELKIN GLEASON, LLP

A Professional Corporation

By: /s/ Eileen M. Diepenbrock

Eileen M. Diepenbrock

Attorneys for Plaintiff, SAN LUIS & DELTAMENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY

Dated: December 14, 2015 KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN & GIRARD

A Professional Corporation

By: /s/ Daniel J. O’Hanlon

Daniel J. O’Hanlon

Attorneys for Plaintiff, SAN LUIS & DELTAMENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY

Dated: December 14, 2015 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Environmental & Natural Resources Division

By: /s/ William Shapiro

William Shapiro, Trial Attorney

Attorneys for FEDERAL DEFENDANTS

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 15, 2015 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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