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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 42:4332 Environmental Policy - Coop of Agency Reports

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28 ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION TO DISMISS ENVIRONMENTAL CIV. NO. F-97-6140 OWW/DLB

PLAINTIFFS’ DORMANT CLAIMS WITHOUT PREJUDICE CIV. NO. F-98-5261 OWW/DLB

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

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SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA ) CIV. NO. F-97-6140 OWW/DLB

WATER AUTHORITY, et al., ) CIV. NO. F-98-5261 OWW/DLB

Plaintiffs, ) (CONSOLIDATED)

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SAVE SAN FRANCISCO BAY ) ORDER APPROVING

ASSOCIATION, et al., ) STIPULATION TO DISMISS 

Plaintiffs, ) ENVIRONMENTAL PLAINTIFFS’

 ) DORMANT CLAIMS

PIXLEY IRRIGATION DISTRICT, et al., ) WITHOUT PREJUDICE

Plaintiffs-in-Intervention ) 

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v. ) 

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ) 

THE INTERIOR, et al., ) 

Defendants. )

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This matter is before the Court on the joint stipulation filed by Save San Francisco Bay

Association, et al. (Environmental Plaintiffs), and the United States Department of the Interior, et al.

(Defendants), to dismiss without prejudice the “dormant claims” in the Environmental Plaintiffs’

First Amended Complaint, i.e., “those claims (1) that were not resolved by the Court pursuant to the

1999 Summary Judgment and Preliminary Injunction Order(s) and (2) that were not the Accounting

Issues subject to this Court’s rulings under Rules 21 and 54(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure and the Ninth Circuit’s Opinions.” Env. Pls. Voluntary Motion to Dismiss at 2 (footnotes

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28 ORDER APPROVING STIPULATION TO DISMISS ENVIRONMENTAL CIV. NO. F-97-6140 OWW/DLB

PLAINTIFFS’ DORMANT CLAIMS WITHOUT PREJUDICE CIV. NO. F-98-5261 OWW/DLB

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omitted). The motion also specified that these “dormant claims do not include the Environmental

Plaintiffs’ request for attorneys fees and costs heretofore made or any order of this Court that forms a

basis for such request.” Id.

Having reviewed the matter, the Court finds that good cause exists to APPROVE the

stipulation and dismiss the Environmental Plaintiffs’ dormant claims without prejudice, pursuant to

Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(2) and pursuant to this Court's Order Re Motion To File A Supplemental

Complaint, dated May 17, 2006.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the stipulation to dismiss without prejudice

the Environmental Plaintiffs’ dormant claims in their First Amended Complaint is APPROVED; and

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the dormant claims in the Environmental Plaintiffs’ First

Amended Complaint are hereby DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE. This dismissal has no

bearing on the Court’s award of attorneys’ fees and costs of litigation to the Environmental

Plaintiffs.

SO ORDERED this _21st__ day of __June_____, 2006.

/s/ OLIVER W. WANGER____________

HONORABLE OLIVER W. WANGER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Presented by:

CHARLES R. SHOCKEY, Attorney

D.C. Bar # 914879

United States Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Natural Resources Section

501 “I” Street, Suite 9-700

Sacramento, CA 95814-2322

Telephone: (916) 930-2203

Facsimile: (916) 930-2210

Email: charles.shockey@usdoj.gov

Attorney for Defendants

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