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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 05:702 Administrative Procedure Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE 

COUNCIL, et al.

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Secretary, 

U.S. Department of the Interior, et al.

 Defendants. 

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER 

AUTHORITY and WESTLANDS WATER 

DISTRICT, et al., 

 Defendant-Intervenors. 

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Case No. 05-CV-01207 OWW TAG 

SCHEDULING ORDER 

Date: August 21, 2007 

Time: 9:00 a.m. 

Courtroom: 3 

Judge: Hon. Oliver W. Wanger 

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On June 1, 2007, the Court held a scheduling conference to determine the schedule for 

briefing remedies issues in this matter. The parties agreed that remedies issues will be resolved 

according to the following schedule. 

July 2, 2007: Federal defendants and California Department of Water Resources 

(“DWR”) file their proposals for an interim remedy to be in effect until 

such time as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issues a new biological 

opinion. 

July 16, 2007: Plaintiffs file their proposal for interim remedies and response to 

federal defendants’ and DWR’s proposals, and defendant-intervenors 

file any proposals for interim remedy they wish to offer and responses 

to federal defendants’ and DWR’s proposals. 

July 27, 2007: Federal defendants and DWR file their replies in support of their 

proposals and any responses to plaintiffs’ proposal and any proposals 

offered by defendant-intervenors. 

August 6, 2007: Plaintiffs file their reply in support of their proposal for interim 

remedies and response to any proposals offered by defendantintervenors, and defendant-intervenors file their replies in support of 

any proposals for interim remedies they have offered and responses to 

plaintiffs’ proposal. 

August 21, 2007: Hearing on remedies to begin at 9:00 a.m. PDT. Extended time will be 

reserved for oral argument. 

On June 19, 2007, however, the Plaintiffs filed an application for a temporary restraining 

order and preliminary injunction, which the Court heard on an expedited basis. The Federal 

Defendants now seek an extension of one (1) week to the schedule set out above for briefing 

remedies issues in this matter because many of the same staff who otherwise would have been 

preparing their filings on these remedies issues were required to work on their response to Plaintiffs’ 

TRO/PI motion. In order to continue the expedited briefing of these issues, however, the Federal 

Defendants propose that the hearing date should remain unchanged. The other parties do not oppose 

such an extension. With that extension, the schedule would be: 

July 9, 2007: Federal defendants and California Department of Water Resources 

(“DWR”) file their proposals for an interim remedy to be in effect until 

such time as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issues a new biological 

opinion. 

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July 23, 2007: Plaintiffs file their proposal for interim remedies and response to 

federal defendants’ and DWR’s proposals, and defendant-intervenors 

file any proposals for interim remedy they wish to offer and responses 

to federal defendants’ and DWR’s proposals. 

August 3, 2007: Federal defendants and DWR file their replies in support of their 

proposals and any responses to plaintiffs’ proposal and any proposals 

offered by defendant-intervenors. 

August 13, 2007: Plaintiffs file their reply in support of their proposal for interim 

remedies and response to any proposals offered by defendantintervenors, and defendant-intervenors file their replies in support of 

any proposals for interim remedies they have offered and responses to 

plaintiffs’ proposal. 

August 21, 2007: Hearing on remedies to begin at 9:00 a.m. PDT. Extended time will be 

reserved for oral argument. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 6/28/2007 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

OLIVER W. WANGER 

United States District Judge 

Approved as to form: 

DATED: June 28, 2007 /s/ Trent W. Orr 

 

TRENT W. ORR 

ANDREA A. TREECE 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

KATHERINE S. POOLE 

HAMILTON CANDEE 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Natural Resources Defense Council 

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DATED: June 28, 2007 RONALD J. TENPAS 

Acting Assistant Attorney General 

United States Department of Justice 

Environment and Natural Resources Division 

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief 

SETH M. BARSKY, Assistant Chief 

/s/ James A. Maysonett 

 

JAMES A. MAYSONETT, Trial Attorney 

KEITH RIZZARDI, Trial Attorney 

Wildlife and Marine Resources Section 

Benjamin Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369 

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369 

Telephone: (202) 305-0216 

Facsimile: (202) 305-0275 

Attorneys for Federal Defendants 

DATED: June 28, 2007 /s/ Daniel J. O’Hanlon 

 

DANIEL J. O’HANLON 

Attorney for Intervenors San Luis & Delta-Mendota 

Water Authority and Westlands Water District 

DATED: June 28, 2007 /s/ Brenda Washington Davis 

 

BRENDA WASHINGTON DAVIS 

CHRISTIAN SCHEURRING 

RONDA AZEVEDO LUCAS 

CHRISTOPHER H. BUCKLEY, JR. 

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER 

Attorneys for Intervenors 

California Farm Bureau Federation 

DATED: June 28, 2007 /s/ Andrew M. Hitchings 

 

ANDREW M. HITCHINGS 

Attorney for Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, et al.

DATED: June 28, 2007 EDMUND B. BROWN, JR. 

Attorney General for the State of California 

/s/ Clifford T. Lee 

 

CLIFFORD T. LEE 

DEBORAH A. WORDHAM 

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Deputy Attorneys General 

Attorneys for California Department 

of Water Resources 

DATED: June 28, 2007 /s/ Gregory K. Wilkinson 

 

GREGORY K. WILKINSON 

STEVEN M. ANDERSON 

BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP 

Attorneys for Intervenors 

State Water Contractors 

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