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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

THE DELTA SMELT CASES 1:09-cv-00407 OWW GSA

1:09-cv-00422-OWW-GSA

1:09-cv-00631-OWW-GSA

1:09-cv-00892-OWW-GSA

PARTIALLY CONSOLIDATED WITH:

1:09-cv-00480 OWW GSA

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER RE 

MOTION FOR FEES AND/OR COSTS

Judge: Honorable Oliver W. Wanger

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER 

AUTHORITY et al v. SALAZAR et al.

(Case No. 1:09-cv-407)

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS v. SALAZAR 

et al.

(Case No. 1:09-cv-422)

COALITION FOR A SUSTAINABLE DELTA et 

al. v. UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE 

SERVICE et al.

(Case No. 1:09-cv-480)

METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT v. 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE 

SERVICE et al.

(Case No. 1:09-cv-631)

STEWART & JASPER ORCHARDS et al. v. 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE 

SERVICE et al.

(Case No. 1:09-cv-892)

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RECITALS

1. On May 17, 2011, the Court entered its “Amended Judgment” (Doc. 884) in the abovecaptioned Delta Smelt Consolidated Cases. Paragraph (J) of the amended judgment provides as follows:

“The parties shall meet and confer regarding any request by Plaintiffs, or any of them, 

and/or DWR for recovery of attorneys’ fees and/or costs. Any motion for recovery of 

attorneys’ fees and/or costs shall be filed on or before July 1, 2011.”

(Amended Judgment at 4:6-8.) The amended judgment remains in effect except as modified by this 

stipulation.

2. On April 7, 2011, the Natural Resources Defense Council and The Bay Institute, 

Defendant-Intervenors in the above-captioned Delta Smelt Consolidated Cases, appealed to the United 

States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from the final judgment entered in the action, and all 

interlocutory orders and decisions contributing to that final judgment. (Doc. 853.)

3. The parties, by and through their respective counsel of record, as identified below, have 

met and conferred and hereby seek to continue the deadline for any motion for recovery of attorneys’ 

fees and/or costs.

AGREEMENT AND STIPULATION

The parties hereby agree and stipulate to enter into the following agreement regarding any 

motion for recovery of attorneys’ fees and/or costs:

1. Plaintiffs San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, Westlands Water District, State 

Water Contractors , Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Coalition for a Sustainable 

Delta, Kern County Water Agency, Stewart & Jasper Orchards, Arroyo Farms, LLC, King Pistachio 

Grove, and Family Farm Alliance (“Plaintiffs”), or any of them, and/or Plaintiff-Intervenor California 

Department of Water Resources (“DWR) shall be entitled to file any motion for recovery of attorneys’ 

fees and/or costs (“Fee Motion”) beyond the date specified in paragraph (J) of the amended judgment.

2. Any Fee Motion shall be filed by Plaintiffs, or by any of them, and/or by DWR in 

accordance with applicable law subsequent to the entry of a final order disposing of any appeal in the 

above-captioned Delta Smelt Consolidated Cases.

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DATED: June 10, 2011 NOSSAMAN LLP

By: /s/ Paul S. Weiland

ROBERT D. THORNTON

PAUL S. WEILAND

AUDREY M. HUANG

ASHLEY J. REMILLARD

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

COALITION FOR A SUSTAINABLE DELTA 

AND KERN COUNTY WATER AGENCY

DATED: June 10, 2011 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

By: /s/ Christopher J. Carr

EDGAR B. WASHBURN

CHRISTOPHER J. CARR

WILLIAM M. SLOAN

TRAVIS BRANDON

Attorneys for Plaintiff

THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF 

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

DATED: June 10, 2011 BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP

By: /s/ Gregory K. Wilkinson

GREGORY K. WILKINSON

STEVEN M. ANDERSON

JILL N. WILLIS

PAETER E. GARCIA

Attorneys for Plaintiff

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS

DATED: June 10, 2011 SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER 

AUTHORITY and WESTLANDS WATER 

DISTRICT

By: /s/ Eileen M. Diepenbrock

EILEEN M. DIEPENBROCK

JON D. RUBIN

JONATHAN R. MARZ

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER 

AUTHORITY and WESTLANDS WATER 

DISTRICT

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DATED: June 10, 2011 WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT

By: /s/ Steve O. Sims

STEVE O. SIMS

MICHELLE C. KALES

Attorneys for Plaintiff

WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT

DATED: June 10, 2011 PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

By: /s/ Brandon M. Middleton

M. REED HOPPER

DAMIEN M. SCHIFF

BRANDON M. MIDDLETON

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

STEWART & JASPER ORCHARDS; ARROYO 

FARMS, LLC; and KING PISTACHIO GROVE

DATED: June 10, 2011 THE BRENDA DAVIS LAW GROUP

By: /s/ Brenda W. Davis

BRENDA W. DAVIS

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

FAMILY FARM ALLIANCE

DATED: June 10, 2011 KAMALA D. HARRIS, ATTORNEY 

GENERAL OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA

By: /s/ Cecilia L. Dennis

CLIFFORD T. LEE

CECILIA L. DENNIS

MICHAEL M. EDSON

ALLISON GOLDSMITH

Deputies Attorney General

Attorneys for Plaintiff-In-Intervention

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER 

RESOURCES

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DATED: June 10, 2011 IGNACIA S. MORENO, ASSISTANT 

ATTORNEY GENERAL

United State Department of Justice,

Environmental & Natural Resources Division

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, CHIEF

By: /s/ Ethan Eddy

ETHAN EDDY, Trial Attorney

Wildlife & Marine Resources Section

Attorney for FEDERAL DEFENDANTS

DATED: June 10, 2011 NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE 

COUNCIL

By: /s/ Katherine Poole

KATHERINE POOLE

DOUG OBEGI

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL

DATED: June 10, 2011 THE BAY INSTITUTE

By: /s/ Trent W. Orr

TRENT W. ORR

GEORGE M. TORGUN

Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenors

THE BAY INSTITUTE

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 10, 2011 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END:

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