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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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Submitted by:

IGNACIA S. MORENO, Assistant Attorney General

United States Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

SETH M. BARSKY, Chief

S. JAY GOVINDAN, Assistant Chief

ROBERT P. WILLIAMS, Trial Attorney

ETHAN CARSON EDDY, Trial Attorney 

Wildlife and Marine Resources Section

Benjamin Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369

Telephone: (202) 305-0202 / Facsimile: (202) 305-0275

Attorneys for Federal Defendants

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE DELTA SMELT 

CONSOLIDATED CASES

CASE NO. 1:09-cv-00407-OWW-DLB

Scheduling Order Regarding Plaintiffs’ 

Motion For Injunctive Relief

On May 19, 2011, Plaintiffs filed a Case Management Statement laying out a proposed 

briefing schedule for their upcoming motion to enjoin implementation of Action 4 of the 

Reasonable and Prudent Alternative in the 2008 Delta Smelt Biological Opinion. See Docket 

No. 886. On May 31, 2011, Federal Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors (“Defendant 

Parties”) filed a Response that included an alternative proposed briefing schedule. See Docket 

No. 890. The matter came on for consideration at a status conference held on June 1, 2011. All 

parties were represented as indicated on the record. Having considered the parties’ written 

proposals and the arguments of counsel, the Court ORDERS as follows: 

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Jurisdictional Briefing

Plaintiffs’ motion to enjoin RPA Action 4 (without merits briefing), proposed order, and 

brief setting forth the jurisdictional basis for Plaintiffs’ motion shall be due June 8, 2011. 

Plaintiffs’ jurisdictional brief shall be no more than 10 pages.

Defendant Parties’ responsive brief on jurisdictional issues shall be due June 15, 2011. 

Defendant Parties’ jurisdictional brief shall be no more than 10 pages.

Plaintiffs’ reply brief on jurisdictional issues shall be due at noon on June 17, 2011. 

Plaintiffs’ reply brief shall be no more than 5 pages.

A hearing on jurisdictional issues is set for June 20, 2011 at 2:00pm in Courtroom 3. The 

Court authorizes any party to appear telephonically.

Merits Briefing

Plaintiffs’ opening merits brief in support of their motion to enjoin RPA Action 4, 

including all supporting declarations with the exception described below, shall be due on 

June 16, 2011. Plaintiffs’ merits brief shall be no more than 25 pages.

The supporting declaration of Plaintiffs’ witness who is unavailable until June 14, 2011 

shall be due June 20, 2011.

Defendants’ merits opposition brief shall be due July 1, 2011. Defendants’ merits brief 

shall be no more than 25 pages.

Plaintiffs’ merits reply brief shall be due July 15, 2011. Plaintiffs’ merits reply brief shall 

be no more than 10 pages.

An evidentiary hearing is set for July 26-29, 2011 commencing each day at 8:30am in 

Courtroom 3.

Unless otherwise specified above, the Court’s standing order requiring all materials to be filed on 

or before 4:30pm Pacific time on the date they are due applies. The page limits stated herein 

apply to all Plaintiffs and the Plaintiff-Intervenor, collectively, and to the Defendants and 

Defendant-Intervenors, collectively, except that any joinder filed in support of a primary brief 

that does not raise additional argument shall not be included in the page limits. Should the Court 

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determine in an Opinion or Order issued after this Order that it lacks jurisdiction over the merits 

of Plaintiffs’ motion to enjoin Action 4, any remaining briefing or hearing dates shall be vacated.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 3, 2011 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END:

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