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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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COUNSEL IDENTIFICATION AT END 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

FRESNO DIVISION 

THE DELTA SMELT 

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Case No.: 1:09-cv-00407-OWW-DLB 

Stipulation and Order Amending 

Summary Judgment Schedule 

Pursuant to Local Rule 143(b), all parties to this action, by and through their respective 

counsel of record as identified below, hereby stipulate as follows: 

1. The current due date for the Defendant parties’ cross-motions for summary 

judgment and memoranda in support of those motions and in opposition to Plaintiffs’ motions for 

summary judgment is March 24, 2010. See Docket No. 506. The due date for the Plaintiffs’ 

summary judgment reply briefs is currently April 14, 2010. See id. 

2. On February 26, 2010, the Court continued the hearing on the parties’ crossmotions for summary judgment from April 29-30, 2010 to May 25-26, 2010. See Docket No. 

595. 

3. On March 8, 2010, counsel for the Federal Defendants contacted all parties to 

seek the parties’ consent to an extension of the summary judgment briefing schedule. The 

Federal Defendants indicated that they sought this extension because the time spent by Federal 

Defendants filing responses to the Requests For Information From 706 Experts, see Docket Nos. 

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587, 594, 596, 607, 608, 611, 613, would otherwise have been spent drafting the summary 

judgment brief and preparing for the upcoming preliminary injunction hearing, and was not 

accounted for in prior scheduling orders. 

4. The other parties agree to the Federal Defendants’ request for an extension of the 

summary judgment briefing schedule. 

5. All parties thus respectfully stipulate and request that the Court enter an Order 

amending the existing summary judgment briefing schedule as follows: the Defendant parties’ 

cross-motions for summary judgment and memoranda in support of those motions and in 

opposition to Plaintiffs’ motions for summary judgment, currently due March 24, 2010, shall 

instead be due April 12, 2010. Plaintiffs’ reply briefs, currently due April 14, 2010, shall instead 

be due May 7, 2010. The cross motions for summary judgment shall be heard on May 25-26, 

2010 as currently scheduled, or as soon thereafter as the Court is able to hear the motions. 

6. This proposal is based on the current preliminary injunction hearing schedule. 

The Defendant parties reserve the right to move for further relief from this proposed summary 

judgment briefing schedule if the preliminary injunction hearing is extended past April 7, 2010. 

Good cause exists for the granting of the above requested schedule change, and the 

parties respectfully request that the dates set by this Court be modified as shown above. A 

proposed order in the form of an endorsement appears below. 

SO STIPULATED. 

Dated: March 14, 2010 

 IGNACIA S. MORENO, Assistant Attorney General 

 United States Department of Justice 

 Environment & Natural Resources Division 

 JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief 

 /s/ S. Jay Govindan 

 _______________________________________ 

S. JAY GOVINDAN, Senior Trial Attorney 

ETHAN CARSON EDDY, Trial Attorney 

 Wildlife and Marine Resources Section 

 Benjamin Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369 

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 Washington, D.C. 20044-7369 

 Telephone: (202) 305-0237 / Facsimile: (202) 305-0275 

 Attorneys for Federal Defendants 

 /s/ Trent W. Orr (as authorized on March 11, 2010) 

TRENT W. ORR, State Bar No. 77656 

GEORGE M. TORGUN, State Bar No. 222085 

Earthjustice 

426 17th Street, 5th Floor 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Telephone: (510) 550-6725 

Facsimile: (510) 550-6749 

torr@earthjustice.org; gtorgun@earthjustice.org

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors 

/s/ Doug Obegi (as authorized on March 11, 2010)

KATHERINE POOLE, State Bar No. 195010 

DOUG OBEGI, State Bar No. 246127 

Natural Resources Defense Council 

111 Sutter St., 20th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 875-6100 

Facsimile: (415) 875-6161 

kpoole@nrdc.org; dobegi@nrdc.org

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor NRDC 

/s/ Daniel J. O’Hanlon (as authorized on March 11, 2010)

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

HANSPETER WALTER, State Bar No. 244847 

KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN & GIRARD 

400 Capitol Mall, 27th Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 321-4500 

Facsimile: (916) 321-4555 

EILEEN M. DIEPENBROCK, State Bar No. 119254 

JON D. RUBIN, State Bar No. 196944 

JONATHAN R. MARZ, State Bar No. 221188 

DIEPENBROCK HARRISON 

400 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor 

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Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 492-5000 

Facsimile: (916) 446-4535 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER 

AUTHORITY; WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT 

/s/ Paul S. Weiland (as authorized on March 11, 2010)

NOSSAMAN LLP 

ROBERT D. THORNTON (SBN 72934) 

PAUL S. WEILAND (SBN 237058) 

AUDREY M. HUANG (SBN 217622) 

18101 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 1800 

Irvine, CA 92612 

Telephone: (949) 833-7800 

Facsimile: (949) 833-7878 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

COALITION FOR A SUSTAINABLE DELTA and KERN 

COUNTY WATER AGENCY 

/s/ Gregory K. Wilkinson (as authorized on Mar. 11, 2010)

GREGORY K. WILKINSON (SBN 054809) 

STEVEN M. ANDERSON (SBN 186700) 

BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP 

3750 University Avenue, Suite 400 

P. O. Box 1028 

Riverside, CA 92502 

Telephone: (951) 686-1450 

Facsimile: (951) 686-3083 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS 

/s/ Christopher J. Carr (as authorized on March 11, 2010)

EDGAR B. WASHBURN (SBN 34038) 

CHRISTOPHER J. CARR (SBN 184076) 

WILLIAM M. SLOAN (SBN 203583) 

CORINNE FRATINI (SBN 259109) 

MORRISON & FOERSTER, LLP 

425 Market Street 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

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Telephone: (415) 268-7000 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT 

OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 

 /s/ Brandon Middleton (as authorized on March 11, 2010)

JAMES S. BURLING (SBN 113013) 

M. REED HOPPER (SBN 131291) 

DAMIEN M. SCHIFF (SBN 235101) 

BRANDON M. MIDDLETON (SBN 255699) 

Pacific Legal Foundation 

3900 Lennane Drive, Suite 200 

Sacramento, CA 95834 

Telephone: (916) 419-7111 

Facsimile: (916) 419-7747 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

STEWART & JASPER ORCHARDS; ARROYO FARMS, 

LLC; and KING PISTACHIO GROVE 

/s/ Brenda W. Davis (as authorized on March 12, 2010)

BRENDA W. DAVIS (SBN 133087) 

LESLIE R. WAGLEY (SBN 215281) 

THE BRENDA DAVIS LAW GROUP 

1990 3rd Street, Suite 400 

Sacramento, CA 95811 

Telephone: (916) 341-7400 

Facsimile: (916) 341-7410 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

FAMILY FARM ALLIANCE 

/s/ Clifford T. Lee (as authorized on March 11, 2010)

EDMUND G. BROWN JR., State Bar No. 37100 

Attorney General of California 

ROBERT W. BYRNE, State Bar No. 213155 

Supervising Deputy Attorney General 

CLIFFORD T. LEE, State Bar No. 74687 

CECILIA L. DENNIS, State Bar No. 201997 

MICHAEL M. EDSON, State Bar No. 177858 

ALLISON GOLDSMITH, State Bar No. 238263 

Deputy Attorneys General 

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455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004 

Telephone: (415) 703-5511 

Attorneys for Plaintiff-Intervenor California Department of 

Water Resources 

ORDER 

In light of the foregoing stipulation of the parties, and good cause appearing therefor, the 

Court orders that briefing schedule for the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment be 

amended as follows. The Defendant parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment and 

memoranda in support of those motions and in opposition to Plaintiffs’ motions for summary 

judgment shall be due April 12, 2010. Plaintiffs’ reply briefs shall be due May 7, 2010. The 

cross motions for summary judgment shall be heard on May 25-26, 2010 or as soon thereafter as 

the Court is able to hear the motions. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 17, 2010 

 /s/ OLIVER W. WNGER_______________ 

HONORABLE OLIVER W. WANGER 

U.S. DISTRICT JUDGE 

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