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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 05:551 Administrative Procedure Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SOUTH YUBA RIVER CITIZENS

LEAGUE and FRIENDS OF THE RIVER,

Plaintiffs, No. CIV S-06-2845 LKK JFM

vs.

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES

SERVICE, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Federal defendants’ motion for protective order came on regularly for hearing

September 13, 2007. Christopher Sproul appeared for plaintiffs. Yoshinori H.T. Himel,

Assistant United States Attorney, and Lawson E. Fite, Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of

Justice, appeared for the federal defendants. Howard F. Wilkins, III, appeared for defendant

Yuba County Water Agency (YCWA). Upon review of the motion and the documents in support

and opposition, upon hearing the arguments of counsel and good cause appearing therefor, THE

COURT FINDS AS FOLLOWS:

Plaintiffs’ request for discovery of information outside the administrative record is

premature. Accordingly, federal defendants’ motion for protective order will be granted. 

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Plaintiffs may renew their discovery requests, if appropriate, thirty days after resolution of the

federal defendants’ motion to dismiss presently pending in the district court.

DATED: September 13, 2007.

/001; southyuba.oah

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