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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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PROPOSED ORDER SETTING FURTHER STATUS CONFERENCE — 05-CV-01207 OWW LJO 1

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ANDREA A. TREECE, State Bar No. 237639 

Earthjustice 

426 17th Street, 5th Floor 

Oakland, CA 94612 

atreece@earthjustice.org; dreames@earthjustice.org

Telephone: 510/550-6725 

Facsimile: 510/550-6749 

TRENT W. ORR, State Bar No. 077656 

953 Clayton Street, #5 

San Francisco, CA 94117 

torr@earthjustice.org

Telephone: 415/665-2185 

Facsimile: 415/665-2592 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

HAMILTON CANDEE, State Bar No. 111376 

KATHERINE POOLE, State Bar No. 195010 

Natural Resources Defense Council 

111 Sutter St., 20th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

hcandee@nrdc.org; kpoole@nrdc.org

Telephone: 415/875-6100 

Facsimile: 415/875-6161 

Attorneys for Plaintiff NRDC 

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; CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU 

FEDERATION; GLENN-COLUSA 

IRRIGATION DISTRICT, et al.; CALIFORNIA 

DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, 

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS; and KERN 

COUNTY WATER AGENCY, 

 Defendant-Intervenors. 

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Case No. 05-CV-01207 OWW LJO 

ORDER SETTING FURTHER STATUS 

CONFERENCE 

Date: September 19, 2006 

Time: 12:00 p.m. 

Courtroom: 3 

Judge: Hon. Oliver W. Wanger 

SOME PARTIES TO APPEAR 

TELEPHONICALLY

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On August 15, 2006, the Court held a Status Conference, at which the parties reported upon 

the progress of settlement negotiations in this matter. During that conference, the Court was advised 

that such negotiations have taken place and that further negotiations could result in the resolution of 

some or all issues in this case without the need for further litigation. In addition, Plaintiffs requested 

that they be allowed to confidentially share information received during the course of settlement 

negotiations in this case with four entities that are plaintiffs in Pacific Coast Federation of 

Fishermen’s Associations v. Gutierrez, Case No. 1:06-CV-245 OWW LJO, but are not plaintiffs in 

this case. The Court was further advised that the California Department of Water Resources, already 

a Defendant-Intervenor in this case, will prepare a stipulation to allow it to participate in settlement 

negotiations in Gutierrez. Based on the foregoing, Court now HEREBY ORDERS: 

1. During the next 35 days, the parties shall continue to discuss the possibility of 

resolving some or all of the issues in this case. 

2. In order to facilitate settlement negotiations in this case as well as in Gutierrez, the 

Kempthorne plaintiffs shall be allowed to share settlement information received from any party 

pertaining to this matter with all plaintiffs in Gutierrez, subject to the following conditions. All 

documents, communications, and other information exchanged by the parties in connection with the 

above-described discussions are to be maintained as confidential and shall not be disclosed to any 

non-party to this case other than the four plaintiff parties in Gutierrez not plaintiffs herein, or used 

for any purpose other than the furtherance of the negotiations herein and in Gutierrez, until further 

Order of this Court, except by mutual agreement of the parties. The parties and the four Gutierrez 

plaintiffs not plaintiffs here may, however, disclose any such documents, communications, and other 

information to their officers, employees and retained consultants as necessary and appropriate to 

further the negotiations. 

3. The Court will hold a further Status Conference on September 19, 2006, at 12:00 p.m. 

PST, at which time the parties shall report to the Court as to the progress of their discussions and 

whether, in their view, further time for discussions is warranted or whether the litigation should 

recommence. 

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4. The briefing schedule previously set for the Federal Defendants’ motion to dismiss 

and request for voluntary remand and the October 2, 2006, hearing date previously set for such 

motions are hereby vacated, to be reset if necessary should efforts to reach a negotiated resolution of 

this matter fail. 

DATED:8/23/06 /s/Oliver W. Wanger 

HON. OLIVER W. WANGER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

Approved as to form: 

DATED: August 21, 2006 Andrea A. Treece. 

MICHAEL R. SHERWOOD 

ANDREA A. TREECE 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

Approved 8/21/06 

HAMILTON CANDEE 

KATHERINE S. POOLE 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Natural Resources Defense Council 

SUE ELLEN WOOLDRIDGE, 

Assistant Attorney General 

United States Department of Justice 

Environment and Natural Resources Division 

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief 

SETH M. BARSKY, Assistant Chief 

KEITH RIZZARDI, Trial Attorney 

Wildlife and Marine Resources Section 

Benjamin Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369 

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369 

Telephone: (202) 305-0207 

Facsimile: (202) 305-0275 

Approved 8/21/06 

KEITH RIZZARDI, Trial Attorney 

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Environment & Natural Resources Division 

U.S. Department of Justice 

501 I Street, Suite 9-700 

Sacramento, CA 95814-2322 

Attorneys for Federal Defendants 

Approved 8/21/06 

DANIEL J. O’HANLON 

JON D. RUBIN 

Attorneys for Intervenors San Luis & Delta-Mendota 

Water Authority and Westland Water District 

Approved 8/21/06 

BRENDA WASHINGTON DAVIS 

CHRISTOPHER H. BUCKLEY, JR. 

CHRISTIAN C. SCHEURING 

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER 

Attorneys for Intervenors 

California Farm Bureau Federation 

Approved 8/21/06 

ANDREW M. HITCHINGS 

Attorney for Intervenors 

Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, et al.

Approved 8/21/06 

GREGORY WILKINSON 

Attorney for Intervenors State Water Contractors 

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