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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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ORDER – CASE NO. 09-1053 OWW-DLB 1

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MICHAEL R. SHERWOOD, State Bar No. 63702 

ERIN M. TOBIN, State Bar No. 234943 

Earthjustice 

426 17th Street, 5th Floor 

Oakland, CA 94612 

msherwood@earthjustice.org; etobin@earthjustice.org

Tel: 510-550-6725 / Fax: 510-550-6749 

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors 

KATHERINE S. POOLE, State Bar No. 195010 

DOUG OBEGI, State Bar No. 246127 

Natural Resources Defense Council 

111 Sutter Street, 20th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

kpoole@nrdc.org; dobegi@nrdc.org

Tel: 415-875-6100 / Fax: 415-875-6161 

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor NRDC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRESNO DIVISION 

CONSOLIDATED SALMON CASES 

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER 

AUTHORITY, et al. v. LOCKE, et al.

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Lead Case No. 

1:09-cv-01053-OWW-DLB 

Consolidated Cases: 

1:09-cv-01090-OWW-DLB 

1:09-cv-01378-OWW-DLB 

1:09-cv-01520-OWW-SMS 

1:09-cv-01580-OWW-DLB 

1:09-cv-01625-OWW-SMS 

ORDER REQUIRING DEPARTMENT OF 

WATER RESOURCES TO FILE 

COMPLAINT IN INTERVENTION ON OR 

BEFORE JANUARY 30, 2010 

STOCKTON EAST WATER DISTRICT v. 

NOAA, et al.

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS v. 

LOCKE, et al.

KERN COUNTY WATER AGENCY, et al. v. 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, et al.

OAKDALE IRRIGATION DISTRICT, et al. v. 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, et al.

THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT 

OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA v. 

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, 

et al.

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ORDER – CASE NO. 09-1053 OWW-DLB 2

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ORDER 

The Court has read and considered the memoranda of points and authorities and other 

documents pertaining to Defendant-Intervenors’ Motion for Order Requiring Department of Water 

Resources (“DWR”) To Join Litigation, and has heard and considered the arguments of counsel at 

the hearing on this matter held on January 11, 2010. At the hearing, counsel for DWR represented 

that DWR intends to file a complaint in intervention on or before January 30, 2010. 

NOW THEREFORE, good cause appearing, the Court hereby GRANTS DefendantIntervenors’ Motion and ORDERS that DWR file a complaint in intervention on or before 

January 30, 2010. 

DATED: January 22, 2010 /s/ OLIVER W. WANGER 

HON. OLIVER W. WANGER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

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