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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: 42:4321 Review of Agency Action-Environment

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION

NORTH COAST RIVERS ALLIANCE, 

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING 

PROTECTION ALLIANCE, PACIFIC COAST 

FEDERATION OF FISHERMEN’S 

ASSOCIATIONS, SAN FRANCISCO CRAB 

BOAT OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., and 

INSTITUTE FOR FISHERIES RESOURCES, 

 Plaintiffs,

 v.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE 

INTERIOR, and UNITED STATES BUREAU 

OF RECLAMATION,

 Defendants,

 and

WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT, SAN 

LUIS WATER DISTRICT, and PANOCHE 

WATER DISTRICT,

 Intervenor-Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:16-cv-00307-LJO-MJS

STIPULATION AND ORDER

EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO 

THE COMPLAINT

CHIEF JUDGE LAWRENCE J. O’NEILL

MAGISTRATE JUDGE M. SENG

COME NOW, Plaintiffs North Coast Rivers Alliance, California Sportfishing Protection 

Alliance, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, San Francisco Crab Boat Owners 

Association, Inc., and Institute for Fisheries Resources (Plaintiffs); United States Department of the 

JOHN C. CRUDEN, Assistant Attorney General

JOSEPH H. KIM, Trial Attorney

JUDITH E. COLEMAN, Trial Attorney

United States Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Natural Resources Section

P.O. Box 7611

Washington, D.C. 20044-7611

Telephone: (202) 514-3553

joseph.kim@usdoj.gov

judith.coleman@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

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Interior and the United States Bureau of Reclamation (Federal Defendants); and Intervenors 

Westlands Water District, San Luis Water District, and Panoche Water District (IntervenorDefendants), through undersigned counsel, do jointly stipulate that the previous deadline set by the 

Court for answering or otherwise responding to the Complaint be continued from July 8, 2016, to 

August 8, 2016. This the second requested extension of this deadline. To support the requested 

extension, the Parties state as follows: 

1. This case is related to Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, et al. v. 

United States Department of the Interior, et al., Case No. 12-CV-01303-LJO-MJS (PCFFA). (Doc. 

10). The two Plaintiffs in PCFFA are Plaintiffs in this action. On March 28, 2016, a panel of the 

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a memorandum decision in PCFFA that

affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded the judgment previously this Court had entered for 

Defendants. See 9th Cir. Case No. 14-15514, 2016 WL 1179953. 

2. On May 3, Federal Defendants moved to extend the time to respond to the Complaint 

to July 8 because at that time it was unknown whether Plaintiffs would petition the Ninth Circuit for 

rehearing or rehearing en banc in PCFFA. (Doc. 15). This Court granted the Motion. (Doc. 16).

3. On May 4, Plaintiffs filed a petition for rehearing of the PCFFA decision en banc. 

(9th Cir. No. 14-15514, Dkt. 56-1). Although the panel had partially reversed this Court’s judgment 

for Defendants on one of Plaintiffs’ theories, Plaintiffs’ petition contends that the panel’s rulings

affirming the judgment on two of their other theories are in conflict with Ninth Circuit law. These 

issues involved the no-action alternative and geographic scope of the environmental analysis 

prepared by Federal Defendants that is similar to the analysis at issue in this case.

4. On June 9, the Ninth Circuit ordered Defendants in PCFFA to file responses 

“addressing only Part III-A (pp. 7-13) of the petition (the no-action alternative issue).” (Dkt. 59). 

The Court ordered the responses to be filed by June 30. 

5. The Ninth Circuit’s disposition of PCFFA could affect the litigation and/or any

negotiated resolution of the litigation in this action. Federal Defendants have moved to stay 

proceedings in this case pending resolution of the Ninth Circuit proceedings in PCFFA. (Doc. 23). 

Plaintiffs oppose the motion, which is calendared for hearing on August 12.

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6. The Parties agree an extension of the time to answer or otherwise respond to the 

complaint by 30 days, effectively to Monday, August 8, 2016, is appropriate in the absence of a stay. 

7. Federal Defendants and Intervenor-Defendants shall therefore have to August 8, 

2016, to file answers or otherwise respond to Plaintiffs’ Complaint.

 Respectfully submitted,

DATED: July 1, 2016 JOHN C. CRUDEN, Assistant Attorney General

United States Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

/s/ Judith E. Coleman 

JUDITH E. COLEMAN 

JOSEPH H. KIM

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE 

INTERIOR and UNITED STATES BUREAU OF 

RECLAMATION

/s/ Cynthia J. Larsen (with authorization) 

CYNTHIA J. LARSEN

MARTIN RUANO

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP

Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendants

WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT, SAN LUIS 

WATER DISTRICT and PANOCHE WATER 

DISTRICT

/s/ Stephan C. Volker (with authorization) 

STEPHAN C. VOLKER

ALEXIS E. KRIEG

DANIEL GARRETT-STEINMAN

LAW OFFICES OF STEPHAN VOLKER

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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NORTH COAST RIVERS ALLIANCE, 

CALIFORNIA SPORTFISHING PROTECTION 

ALLIANCE, PACIFIC COAST FEDERATION OF 

FISHERMEN’S ASSOCIATIONS, SAN 

FRANCISCO CRAB BOAT OWNERS 

ASSOCIATION, INC., and INSTITUTE FOR 

FISHERIES RESOURCES

ORDER

Good cause appearing, the proposed Stipulation to extend time to respond to the 

complaint in Case No. 1:16-cv-00307-LJO-MJS is hereby approved and adopted as the 

Order of the Court. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 1, 2016 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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