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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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PROPOSED ORDER SETTING FURTHER STATUS CONFERENCE — 1:06-CV-245 OWW LJO 1

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MICHAEL R. SHERWOOD, State Bar No. 63702 

ANDREA A. TREECE, State Bar No. 237639 

TRENT W. ORR, State Bar No. 77656 

Earthjustice 

426 17th Street, 5th Floor 

Oakland, CA 94612 

E-mail: msherwood@earthjustice.org

atreece@earthjustice.org

Telephone: (510) 550-6725 

Facsimile: (510) 550-6749 

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 

PACIFIC COAST FEDERATION OF 

FISHERMEN’S ASSOCIATIONS/INSTITUTE 

FOR FISHERIES RESOURCES, et al., 

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ, in his official 

capacity as Secretary of Commerce et al., 

 Defendants. 

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER 

AUTHORITY and WESTLANDS WATER 

DISTRICT; CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU 

FEDERATION; GLENN-COLUSA 

IRRIGATION DISTRICT; and STATE 

WATER CONTRACTORS et al., 

 Defendant-Intervenors. 

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Case No. 1:06-CV-245 OWW LJO 

ORDER SETTING FURTHER STATUS 

CONFERENCE 

Date: October 19, 2006 

Time: 12:00 p.m. 

Courtroom: 3 

Judge: Hon. Oliver W. Wanger 

[SOME PARTIES TO APPEAR 

TELEPHONICALLY] 

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On September 19, 2006, the Court held a Status Conference in this matter, at which the 

parties advised the Court that further negotiations concerning possible resolution of some or all 

issues in this case would be appropriate. The parties further advised the Court that they were in 

agreement that the time period within which Federal Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors must 

answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint should be stayed pending the 

outcome of settlement negotiations. Therefore, the Court now HEREBY ORDERS: 

1. The parties shall continue to discuss the possibility of resolving some or all of the 

issues in this case without further litigation. 

2. The Court will hold a further Status Conference on October 19, 2006, at 12:00 p.m. 

PST, at which time the parties shall report to the Court as to the progress of their negotiations and 

whether, in their view, further time for negotiations is warranted or whether the Court should set a 

briefing schedule for summary judgment or other motions. 

3. The time period within which Federal Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors must 

answer or otherwise respond to Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint, filed September 11, 2006, shall 

be stayed until the Court orders otherwise. 

DATED: 10/12/06 ___/s/ Oliver W. Wanger___________ 

HON. OLIVER W. WANGER 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 

Approved as to form: 

DATED: October 11, 2006 /s/ Andrea A. Treece 

MICHAEL R. SHERWOOD 

ANDREA A. TREECE 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

/s/ Katherine S. Poole (as authorized 9/22/06)

HAMILTON CANDEE 

KATHERINE S. POOLE 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

Natural Resources Defense Council 

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SUE ELLEN WOOLDRIDGE, 

Assistant Attorney General 

United States Department of Justice 

Environment and Natural Resources Division 

JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Chief 

SETH M. BARSKY, Assistant Chief 

KEITH RIZZARDI, Trial Attorney 

Wildlife and Marine Resources Section 

Benjamin Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369 

Washington, D.C. 20044-7369 

Telephone: (202) 305-0207 

Facsimile: (202) 305-0275 

/s/ Keith Rizzardi (as authorized 9/22/06) 

KEITH RIZZARDI, Trial Attorney 

Environment & Natural Resources Division 

U.S. Department of Justice 

501 I Street, Suite 9-700 

Sacramento, CA 95814-2322 

Attorneys for Federal Defendants 

/s/ Daniel J. O’Hanlon (as authorized 9/22/06)

DANIEL J. O’HANLON 

JON D. RUBIN 

Attorneys for Intervenors San Luis & Delta-Mendota 

Water Authority and Westland Water District 

/s/ Brenda Washington Davis (as authorized 9/22/06)

BRENDA WASHINGTON DAVIS 

CHRISTOPHER H. BUCKLEY, JR. 

CHRISTIAN C. SCHEURING 

GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER 

Attorneys for Intervenors 

California Farm Bureau Federation 

/s/ Andrew M. Hitchings (as authorized 9/22/06)

ANDREW M. HITCHINGS 

Attorney for Intervenors 

Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, et al.

/s/ Gregory Wilkinson (as authorized 9/22/06)

GREGORY WILKINSON 

Attorney for Intervenors State Water Contractors 

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