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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 05:702 Administrative Procedure Act

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APPLICATION FOR ORDER SHORTENING TIME -- CASE NO. 05-1207 OWW TAG 1

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MICHAEL R. SHERWOOD, State Bar No. 63702 

ANDREA A. TREECE, State Bar No. 237639 

Earthjustice 

426 17th Street, 5th Floor 

Oakland, CA 94612 

atreece@earthjustice.org; msherwood@earthjustice.org

Telephone: 510/550-6725 

Facsimile: 510/550-6749 

TRENT W. ORR, State Bar No. 077656 

953 Clayton Street, #5 

San Francisco, CA 94117 

torr@earthjustice.org

Telephone: 415/665-2185 

Facsimile: 415/665-2592 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

HAMILTON CANDEE, State Bar No. 111376 

KATHERINE POOLE, State Bar No. 195010 

Natural Resources Defense Council 

111 Sutter St., 20th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

hcandee@nrdc.org; kpoole@nrdc.org

Telephone: 415/875-6100 

Facsimile: 415/875-6161 

Attorneys for Plaintiff NRDC 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE 

COUNCIL, et al.

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Secretary, U.S. 

Department of the Interior, et al.

 Defendants. 

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER 

AUTHORITY and WESTLANDS WATER 

DISTRICT, et al., 

 Defendant-Intervenors. 

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Case No. 05-CV-01207 OWW TAG 

APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER 

SHORTENING TIME TO HEAR MOTION 

FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER

DECLARATION OF MICHAEL R. 

SHERWOOD 

ORDER SHORTENING TIME 

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Pursuant to L.R. 6-144, plaintiffs hereby respectfully apply for an order shortening time 

within which plaintiffs’ Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction may 

be heard. 

The circumstances justifying this application are set forth in the Declaration of Michael R. 

Sherwood, below. 

DATED: June 19, 2007 Respectfully submitted, 

/s/ Michael R. Sherwood 

MICHAEL R. SHERWOOD 

DECLARATION OF MICHAEL R. SHERWOOD 

1. I am one of the counsel of record for plaintiffs herein. 

2. On May 25, 2007, this Court filed its Order Granting In Part And Denying In Part 

Plaintiffs’ Motion For Summary Judgment (“Order”) holding unlawful the 2004 biological opinion 

on impacts to delta smelt of the 2004 Long-Term Operation, Criteria and Plan. 

3. Recent surveys have shown that delta smelt numbers have dropped to the lowest ever, 

and the Delta Smelt Working Group on May 15, 2007, made certain urgent recommendations to the 

project operators for steps necessary to avoid pushing the delta smelt further towards extinction, as is 

more fully described in Plaintiffs’ Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary 

Injunction (“TRO Motion”), filed herewith. 

4. Federal Defendants and Defendant-Intervenor California Department of Water 

Resources have taken some steps towards achieving the DSWG’s recommendations, but not all, as 

described in plaintiffs’ TRO Motion. Because not all is being done that can be done to achieve the 

recommendations, delta smelt continue to be taken at the federal and state pumps and remain in 

jeopardy, in violation of the law and this Court’s Order. 

5. Plaintiffs have advised the Court and all parties of their intention to file this TRO 

Motion. Because of the extreme extenuating circumstances facing the delta smelt, it is not feasible 

to wait the full 31 days otherwise required by L.R. 78-230 for noticing a hearing on the TRO 

Motion. 

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I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my 

knowledge. 

DATED: June 19, 2007 /s/ Michael R. Sherwood 

MICHAEL R. SHERWOOD 

ORDER SHORTENING TIME 

Upon application of plaintiffs, and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that 

the time for hearing plaintiffs’ Motion for Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction 

shall and hereby is shortened, and hearing on said motion shall be on June 22, 2007 at 11:00 a.m.. 

The parties may appear by way of telephone. Responses due by 6/21/2007 on or before 4:30 p.m. 

DATED: 6/20/2007 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

OLIVER W. WANGER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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