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

EXPENSES

DANIEL J. O’HANLON, State Bar No. 122380

HANSPETER WALTER, State Bar No. 244847

REBECCA R. AKROYD, State Bar No. 267305

KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN & GIRARD

A Professional Corporation

400 Capitol Mall, 27th Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 321-4500

Facsimile: (916) 321-4555

EILEEN M. DIEPENBROCK, State Bar No. 119254

JONATHAN R. MARZ, State Bar No. 221188

DIEPENBROCK ELKIN GLEASON, LLP

500 Capitol Mall, Suite 2200

Sacramento, CA 95814

Telephone: (916) 492-5000

Facsimile: (916) 446-2640

Attorneys for Plaintiff

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER 

AUTHORITY; WESTLANDS WATER 

DISTRICT,

Plaintiffs,

v.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE 

INTERIOR, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:11-cv-00952-LJO-GSA

SECOND STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING MOTION FOR 

ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND OTHER 

EXPENSES

Judge: Hon. Lawrence J. O’Neill

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

EXPENSES

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 United States Department of Interior, Sally Jewell, Secretary of Interior, et al. 

(“Defendants”) stipulated to stay briefing and argument on the Authority’s motion for an award of 

attorneys’ fees and other expenses for 120 days from the date of the Court’s October 16, 2015 order 

granting the requested stay. Doc. 127. The Authority and Defendants now jointly request that this 

Court extend the stay an additional 60 days, to the date of April 14, 2016. In support of this request, 

the Authority and Defendants stipulate as follows:

1. The Authority has filed a motion for an award of attorneys’ fees and other expenses for 

this litigation. Discussions regarding the Authority’s pending motion are ongoing, and the Authority 

and Defendants seek additional time to attempt to settle the Authority’s claims without unnecessarily 

burdening the Court. The Authority and Defendants agree that briefing and argument on the 

Authority’s claim for fees and other expenses may be unnecessary in light of the parties’ intent to 

attempt to settle the Authority’s claim.

2. On October 16, 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 for 120 days from the date of the Court’s order granting 

the requested stay. Doc. 127. The stipulated stay period is scheduled to expire on February 13, 2016.

3. To allow for further settlement discussions, the Authority and Defendants agree that 

further proceedings on the Authority’s motion for an award of fees and other expenses, including the 

filing of further memoranda and evidentiary and other materials supporting that motion, and any 

opposition thereafter, should be stayed for an additional 60 days, to the date of April 14, 2016.

4. At the conclusion of the stipulated stay period, the Authority and Defendants will 

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 has been no settlement. That 

schedule will provide for the Authority to supplement its motion for award of attorneys’ fees and other 

expenses with documentation of all time and expenses sought, including the additional time spent in 

seeking fees, opposition by the Defendants, and reply by the Authority, with a hearing if the Court 

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

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deems a hearing necessary.

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 for an additional 60 days, to the date of April 14, 2016, in the manner provided above.

Respectfully submitted this 11th day of February, 2016.

Dated: February 11, 2016 KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN & GIRARD

DIEPENBROCK ELKIN GLEASON, LLP

By: /s/ Daniel J. O’Hanlon

Daniel J. O’Hanlon

Eileen M. Diepenbrock

Attorneys for Plaintiff SAN LUIS & DELTAMENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY 

Dated: February 11, 2016 BENJAMIN B. WAGNER

United States Attorney

J. EARLENE GORDON

Assistant United States Attorney

JOHN C. CRUDEN

Assistant Attorney General

By: /s/ Devon Lehman McCune

DEVON LEHMAN McCUNE

Senior Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Attorneys for Defendants

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 17, 2016 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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