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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 16:1538 Endangered Species Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER

AUTHORITY and WESTLANDS WATER

DISTRICT,

Plaintiffs,

v.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR;

GALE A. NORTON, a Secretary of

the U.S. Department of the

Interior, etc., et al.,

Defendants.

 

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1:02-cv-6461 OWW DLB

SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULING

ORDER CONSOLIDATING ACTIONS

AND ORDER REGARDING

SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS

I. Date of Scheduling Conference.

February 8, 2006.

II. Appearances Of Counsel.

Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard by Daniel J.

O’Hanlon, Esq., appeared on behalf of Plaintiffs San Luis &

Delta-Mendota Water Authority and Westlands Water District. 

James Maysonette, Esq., Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of

Justice, appeared on behalf of Defendants U.S. Department of the

Interior and all other Federal Defendants. 

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher by Christopher H. Buckley, Jr.,

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Esq., appeared on behalf of Plaintiffs California Farm Bureau

Federation, a California non-profit corporation.

Brenda Jahns Southwick, Esq., appeared on behalf of

Plaintiffs Ted Sheeley and California Farm Bureau Federation.

Rhonda Lucas, Esq., appeared on behalf of Plaintiff

California Farm Bureau Federation. 

Trent W. Orr, Esq., Andrea A. Treece, Esq., and Katherine

Poole, Esq., appeared on behalf of Natural Resources Defense

Council.

III. Consolidation For All Purposes.

1. Case Numbers 1:02-cv-6461 OWW DLB and 1:05-cv-01280 OWW

LJO by agreement of all parties, are hereby ordered consolidated

for all purposes, including trial. 

2. All future pleadings shall be filed under Case Number

1:02-cv-6461 OWW DLB. Case Number 1:05-cv-01280 OWW LJO shall be

administratively closed. 

IV. Settlement.

1. The parties shall have sixty (60) days through and

including April 14, 2006, to determine whether these consolidated

cases can be non-judicially resolved. The Plaintiffs and Federal

Defendants shall engage in preliminary discussions. At the time

any substantive proposals of settlements are to be communicated,

all parties shall have full participation in any and all

settlement negotiations. 

V. Future Schedule.

1. If the cases do not settle by April 14, 2006, the

parties shall confer and shall provide the Court with a proposed

schedule for the final resolution of these cases. The proposed

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schedule shall be filed by April 15, 2006. If necessary, a

scheduling conference will then be convened.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: February 9, 2006.

/s/ OLIVER W. WANGER

 

 Oliver W. Wanger

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

san luis v. dept of interior sch con

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