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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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SECOND STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND OTHER 

EXPENSES

DANIEL J. O’HANLON, State Bar No. 122380

HANSPETER WALTER, State Bar No. 244847

REBECCA R. AKROYD, State Bar No. 267305

ELIZABETH L. LEEPER, State Bar No. 280451

KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN & GIRARD

400 Capitol Mall, 27th Floor

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 321-4500

Facsimile: (916) 321-4555

EILEEN M. DIEPENBROCK, State Bar No. 119254

DAVID A. DIEPENBROCK, State Bar No. 215679

JONATHAN R. MARZ, State Bar No. 221188

DIEPENBROCK ELKIN, LLP

500 Capitol Mall, Suite 2200

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 492-5000

Facsimile: (916) 446-2640

Attorneys for Plaintiff, SAN LUIS & DELTAMENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE DELTA SMELT CASES Case No. 1:09-cv-407-LJO-BAM

1:09-cv-422-LJO-DLB

1:09-cv-631-LJO-DLB

1:09-cv-892-LJO-DLB

Partially Consolidated With:

1:09-cv-480-LJO-GSA

1:09-cv-1201-LJO-DLB

SECOND STIPULATION AND ORDER

REGARDING MOTION FOR 

ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND OTHER 

EXPENSES

Judge: Hon. Lawrence J. O’Neill

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 & 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)

FAMILY FARM ALLIANCE v. SALAZAR, 

et al. (Case No. 1:09-cv-1201)

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1260706.1 10355-024 1

SECOND STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND OTHER 

EXPENSES

To facilitate settlement discussions regarding Plaintiff San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water 

Authority’s (“Authority”) claim for attorneys’ fees and other expenses in this case, the Authority 

and Defendants Sally Jewell, Secretary of Interior, et al. (“Federal Defendants”) stipulated to stay 

briefing and argument on the Authority’s motion for attorneys’ fees and other expenses for 149 

days from the date of the Court’s February 11, 2015 order granting the requested stay. Doc. 1144. 

The Authority and Federal Defendants now jointly request that this Court extend the stay for an 

additional 67 days, to the date of September 15, 2015. The September 15, 2015 date coincides 

with the stipulated stay period for the Authority’s pending motion for attorneys’ fees in the 

Consolidated Salmon Cases, Case 1:09-cv-1053-LJO-BAM. The requested extended stay will 

therefore facilitate concurrent consideration of the Authority’s pending motions for attorneys’ fees

in both cases. In support of this request, the Authority and Federal Defendants stipulate as 

follows:

1. The Authority has filed a motion for an award of attorneys’ fees and other expenses

for this litigation. Discussions regarding the Authority’s pending motion are ongoing, and the 

Authority and Federal Defendants seek additional time to attempt to settle the Authority’s claims 

without unnecessarily burdening the Court. The Authority and Federal Defendants agree that 

briefing and argument on the Authority’s claim for fees and other expenses may be unnecessary in 

light of the parties’ intent to attempt to settle the Authority’s claim.

2. On February 11, 2015, the Court approved the parties’ stipulation regarding the 

motion for attorneys’ fees and other expenses, under which the parties agreed to stay briefing and 

argument on the Authority’s motion for attorneys’ fees for 149 days from the date of the Court’s 

order granting the requested stay. Doc. 1144. The stipulated stay period is scheduled to expire on 

July 10, 2015. 

3. To allow for further settlement discussions, the Authority and Federal Defendants 

agree that further proceedings on the Authority’s motion for an award of fees and other expenses, 

including the filing of further memoranda and evidentiary and other materials supporting that

motion, and any opposition thereafter, should be stayed for an additional 67 days, to the date of 

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SECOND STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND OTHER 

EXPENSES

September 15, 2015. 

4. At the conclusion of the stipulated stay period, the Authority and Federal 

Defendants will apprise the Court of any settlement or further requested action, or jointly propose 

a briefing schedule to address the Authority’s motion for fees and other expenses if there has been 

no settlement. That schedule will provide for the Authority to supplement its motion for award of 

attorneys’ fees and other expenses with documentation of all time and expenses sought, including 

the additional time spent in seeking fees, opposition by the Federal Defendants, and reply by the 

Authority, with a hearing if the Court deems a hearing necessary. 

Based on the joint stipulation set forth above, the parties respectfully request that this 

Court extend the stay of briefing and argument on the Authority’s motion for attorneys’ fees and 

other expenses for an additional 67 days, to the date of September 15, 2015, in the manner 

provided above. 

Respectfully submitted this 5th day of June, 2015.

Dated: June 5, 2015 DIEPENBROCK ELKIN, LLP

A Professional Corporation

By: /s/ Eileen M. Diepenbrock

Eileen M. Diepenbrock

Attorneys for Plaintiff, SAN LUIS & DELTAMENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY

Dated: June 5, 2015 KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN & GIRARD

A Professional Corporation

By: /s/ Daniel J. O’Hanlon

Daniel J. O’Hanlon

Attorneys for Plaintiff, SAN LUIS & DELTAMENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY

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SECOND STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND OTHER 

EXPENSES

Dated: June 5, 2015 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Environmental & Natural Resources Division

By: /s/ William Shapiro

William Shapiro, Trial Attorney

Attorneys for FEDERAL DEFENDANTS

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 5, 2015 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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