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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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STIPULATION AND ORDER REDESIGNATING CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER 

RESOURCES AS A PLAINTIFF-INTERVENOR (1:09-cv-407 OWW)

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

ALLISON GOLDSMITH, State Bar No. 238263

Deputy Attorneys General

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004

Telephone: (415) 703-5395

Facsimile: (415) 703-5480

E-mail: Cecilia.Dennis@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff Intervenor California 

Department of Water Resources

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE DELTA SMELT CASES

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SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER 

AUTHORITY, et al. v. SALAZAR, et al.

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STATE WATER CONTRACTORS v. 

SALAZAR, et al.

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COALITION FOR A SUSTAINABLE 

DELTA, et al. v. UNITED STATES FISH 

AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, et al.

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METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT 

OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA v. 

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE 

SERVICE, et al.

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STEWART & JASPER ORCHARDS, et al. 

v. UNITED STATES FISH AND 

WILDLIFE SERVICE, et al.

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FAMILY FARM ALLIANCE v.

KENNETH SALAZAR, et al.

1:09-cv-407 OWW 

Consolidated With:

Case No. 1:09-cv-422 OWW GSA

Case No. 1:09-cv-631 OWW GSA

Case No. 1:09-cv-892 OWW GSA

Case No. 1:09-cv-480 OWW GSA

Partially Consolidated with: 

Case No. 1:09-cv-01201-OWW-DLB

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REDESIGNATING CALIFORNIA 

DEPARTMENT OF WATER 

RESOURCES AS A PLAINTIFFINTERVENOR

Judge: Honorable Oliver W. Wanger

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REDESIGNATING CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER 

RESOURCES AS A PLAINTIFF-INTERVENOR (1:09-cv-407 OWW)

California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and its former director Lester Snow 

were named as “real parties in interest” in several of the Delta Smelt Cases now consolidated 

under case no. 1:09-CV-0407-OWW. Specifically, DWR and former Director Snow were named 

as “real parties in interest” in complaints filed by San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority and 

Westlands Water District (09-cv-0407), State Water Contractors (09-cv-0422), Coalition for a 

Sustainable Delta and Kern County Water Agency (09-cv-0480), and The Metropolitan Water 

District of Southern California (09-cv-0631). DWR also was named as a “real party in interest” 

in a complaint filed by Stewart & Jasper Orchards, Arroyo Farms, LLC and King Pistachio Grove. 

On December 1, 2009, DWR filed a complaint in intervention in the above consolidated 

cases. 

All parties now agree and stipulate that DWR should be redesignated as a plaintiffintervenor in these cases and further request that the docket be updated to reflect this designation.

Dated: June 3, 2010 Respectfully submitted,

EDMUND G. BROWN JR.

Attorney General of California

ROBERT W. BYRNE

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

CLIFFORD T. LEE

CECILIA L. DENNIS

ALLISON GOLDSMITH

Deputy Attorneys General

/S/ CECILIA L. DENNIS

CECILIA L. DENNIS

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Plaintiff Intervenor California 

Department of Water Resources

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REDESIGNATING CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER 

RESOURCES AS A PLAINTIFF-INTERVENOR (1:09-cv-407 OWW)

Dated: June 3, 2010 BEST, BEST & KREIGER LLP

/s/ [Gregory K. Wilkinson] (as authorized)

GREGORY K. WILKINSON

Attorneys for Plaintiff State Water 

Contractors 

Dated: June 3, 2010 DIEPENBROCK HARRISON

/s/ [Eileen M. Diepenbrock] (as authorized)

EILEEN M. DIEPENBROCK

Attorneys for Plaintiffs San Luis & DeltaMendota Water Authority and Westlands 

Water District 

Dated: June 3, 2010 NOSSAMAN LLP

/s/ [Paul W. Weiland] (as authorizezd)

PAUL S. WEILAND

Attorneys for Plaintiff Coalition for a 

Sustainable Delta and Kern County Water 

Agency

Dated: June 3, 2010 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

/s/[Christopher J. Carr] (as authorized)

CHRISTOPHER J. CARR

Attorneys for Plaintiff The Metropolitan 

Water District of Southern California

Dated: June 3, 2010 PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

/s/ [Brandon M. Middleton] (as authorized)

BRANDON M. MIDDLETON

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Stewart & Jasper 

Orchards, Arroyo Farms, LLC, and King 

Pistachio Grove 

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REDESIGNATING CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER 

RESOURCES AS A PLAINTIFF-INTERVENOR (1:09-cv-407 OWW)

Dated: June 3, 2010 THE BRENDA DAVIS LAW GROUP

/s/ [Brenda W. Davis] (as authorized)

BRENDA W. DAVIS

Attorneys for Plaintiff Family Farm Alliance

Dated: June 3, 2010 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

/s/ [Ethan C. Eddy] (as authorized)

ETHAN C. EDDY

Attorneys for the Federal Defendants 

Dated: June 3, 2010 NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE 

COUNCIL

/s/ [Katherine Poole] (as authorized)

KATHERINE POOLE

Attorneys for Defendant Intervenor Natural 

Resources Defense Council

Dated: June , 2010 EARTHJUSTICE

/s/ [George Torgen] (as authorized)

GEORGE TORGEN

Attorneys for Defendant Intervenor The Bay 

Institute and Natural Resources Defense 

Council

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 3, 2010 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END:

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