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Nature of Suit Code: 899
Nature of Suit: Other Statutes - Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision
Cause of Action: 16:1538 Endangered Species Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HOOPA VALLEY TRIBE,

Plaintiff,

v.

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES 

SERVICE, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-04294-WHO 

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR 

LEAVE TO FILE SECOND AMENDED 

COMPLAINT

Dkt. No. 68

Plaintiff Hoopa Valley Tribe filed a Motion for Leave to file a Second Amended 

Complaint, pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 15(a)(2). Dkt. No. 68. The Federal 

Defendants and the Intervenor-defendants do not oppose the motion. Dkt No. 83; Dkt. No. 84; 

Dkt. No. 85.

Federal Rule 15(a)(2) states that “courts should freely give leave when justice so requires.” 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2). Plaintiff seeks leave to amend its Fourth Claim for Relief to add the 

Bureau of Reclamation (“Bureau”) as a defendant on that claim. Mot. at 5. Plaintiff’s proposed 

amendment is based on new representations, from the Federal Defendants, that the Bureau has not 

reinitiated consultation as plaintiff’s previously belief. Dkt. No. 60 at 13. Plaintiff’s proposed 

amendment is reasonable, was timely made, is unlikely to cause any prejudice to the defendants or 

delay the proceedings in this case, and is not opposed. 

Plaintiff’s Motion to Amend is GRANTED. Plaintiff may file its Second Amended 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

Complaint in this action and any such filing shall relate back to the date of the originally filed 

Complaint in this action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 21, 2016

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WILLIAM H. ORRICK

United States District Judge

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