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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: 05:702 Administrative Procedure Act

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MATTHEW G. ADAMS (SBN 229021)

madams@kaplankirsch.com

SARA V. MOGHARABI, pro hac vice 

smogharabi@kaplankirsch.com

KAPLAN KIRSCH & ROCKWELL, LLP

595 Pacific Avenue, 4th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94133

Tel: 628-209-4151

Fax: 303-825-7005

Attorneys for Friant Water Authority and

Arvin-Edison Water Storage District

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES 

AGENCY, et al.,

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

WILBUR ROSS, in his official capacity as 

Secretary of Commerce, et al.,

Defendants.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER 

REGARDING INTERVENTION BY 

FRIANT WATER AUTHORITY 

AND ARVIN-EDISON WATER 

STORAGE DISTRICT

This stipulation is entered by Plaintiffs the California Natural Resources Agency, the 

California Environmental Protection Agency, and the People of the State of California by and 

through California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (“Plaintiffs”); Defendants Wilbur Ross in 

his official capacity, Chris Oliver in his official capacity, David Bernhardt in his official 

capacity, Aurelia Skipwith in her official capacity, Brenda Burman in her official capacity, the 

National Marine Fisheries Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the United 

States Bureau of Reclamation (collectively, the “Federal Defendants”); Intervenor-Defendants 

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the Sacramento River Settlement Contractors and the Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority 

(collectively, the “Sacramento River Intervenors”); Intervenor-Defendants the South San Joaquin 

Irrigation District and Oakdale Irrigation District (“SSJID” and “OID,” respectively); IntervenorDefendants the State Water Contractors; and Intervenor-Defendants the San Luis & DeltaMendota Water Authority and Westlands Water District. Plaintiffs, the Federal Defendants, and 

the Intervenor-Defendants are collectively referred to hereinafter as the “Parties.”

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Plaintiffs filed the instant action naming only the Federal Defendants as 

Defendants. See ECF No. 1.

WHEREAS, the Friant Water Authority (“FWA”) and Arvin-Edison Water Storage 

District (“Arvin-Edison”) (collectively, the “Friant Intervenors”) moved to intervene on the 

grounds that they have an interest in this litigation. See ECF No. 40. FWA is a public agency 

formed to operate and maintain the Friant-Kern Canal, a portion of the Central Valley Project 

(“CVP”), and to represent its members in policy, political, and operational decisions that could 

affect CVP water supplies. Id. at 3-4. FWA’s members, including Arvin-Edison, hold contracts 

with the United States Bureau of Reclamation for water supply from the CVP. Id.

WHEREAS, this Court has granted the Sacramento River Intervenors intervention 

pursuant to the terms of a stipulation. See ECF No. 46.

WHEREAS, this Court has granted OID and SSJID intervention pursuant to the terms of 

a stipulation. See ECF No. 62.

WHEREAS, this Court has granted the State Water Contractors and the San Luis & 

Delta-Mendota Water Authority and Westlands Water District intervention pursuant to the terms 

of an Order Granting Motions for Permissive Intervention with Conditions on Briefing. See ECF 

No. 65.

WHEREAS, to avoid the necessity of further briefing on the Friant Intervenors’ motion 

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to intervene, the Parties agree that the FWA and Arvin-Edison should be granted leave to 

permissively intervene in this case on terms equivalent to those stipulations referenced above.

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby stipulated by and between the Parties, through their 

respective counsel, as follows:

1. FWA and Arvin-Edison shall be granted permissive intervention in this action.

2. FWA and Arvin-Edison shall be permitted to file answers in intervention.

3. FWA and Arvin-Edison shall make good-faith efforts to avoid duplication of 

arguments raised by the Federal Defendants, though FWA and Arvin-Edison may 

address the same subject matter or issues addressed by the Federal Defendants, 

whether from a similar or a different perspective.

4. Plaintiffs, FWA, and Arvin-Edison shall meet and confer on the need for any page 

limitations on briefing by FWA and Arvin-Edison in this action. Plaintiffs, FWA, 

and Arvin-Edison reserve the right to seek or oppose additional limitations on the 

length of briefs in the event they are unable to reach agreement on page limits.

DATED: April 23, 2020 KAPLAN KIRSCH & ROCKWELL, LLP

By /s/ Matthew G. Adams

MATTHEW G. ADAMS

Attorneys for Proposed Intervenor-Defendants

FRIANT WATER AUTHORITY and ARVINEDISON WATER STORAGE DISTRICT

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DATED: April 23, 2020 XAVIER BECERRA 

Attorney General of California

TRACY L. WINSOR

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

By /s/ Daniel Fuchs

DANIEL FUCHS

Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Plaintiffs CALIFORNIA NATURAL 

RESOURCES AGENCY, CALIFORNIA 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, and 

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BY 

AND THROUGH ATTORNEY GENERAL XAVIER 

BECERRA

DATED: April 23, 2020 JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

SETH M. BARSKY, Section Chief

S. JAY GOVINDAN, Assistant Section Chief

U.S. Department of Justice

Environment & Natural Resources Division

Wildlife & Marine Resources Section

NICOLE M. SMITH, Trial Attorney (CA Bar No. 303629)

By /s/ Lesley Lawrence-Hammer

LESLEY LAWRENCE-HAMMER, Senior Trial 

Attorney (DC Bar No. 982196)

999 18th St., Suite 370

Denver, CO 80202

Telephone (303) 844-1368

Lesley.Lawrence-Hammer@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for FEDERAL DEFENDANTS

DATED: April 24, 2020 O’LAUGHLIN & PARIS 

By /s/ Timothy Wasiewski

TIMOTHY WASIEWSKI

2617 K St., Suite 100

Sacramento, CA 95816

Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendant OAKDALE 

IRRIGATION DISTRICT

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DATED: April 24, 2020 ROBBINS GODWIN BROWNING AND MARCHINI 

By /s/ Kenneth Michael Robbins

KENNETH MICHAEL ROBBINS

700 Loughborough Dr., Suite D

Merced, CA 95348

Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendant SOUTH SAN 

JOAQUIN IRRIGATION DISTRICT

DATED: April 24, 2020 DOWNEY BRAND LLP

By /s/ Meredith E. Nikkel

MEREDITH E. NIKKEL

621 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814

Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendants RECLAMATION 

DISTRICT NO. 108, SUTTER MUTUAL WATER 

COMPANY; NATOMAS CENTRAL MUTUAL 

WATER COMPANY; RIVER GARDEN FARMS 

WATER COMPANY; PLEASANT GROVEVERONA MUTUAL WATER COMPANY; PELGER 

MUTUAL WATER COMPANY; MERIDIAN 

FARMS WATER COMPANY; HENRY D. RICHTER, 

et al.; HOWALD FARMS, INC.; OJI BROTHERS 

FARM, INC.; OJI FAMILY PARTNERSHIP; 

CARTER MUTUAL WATER COMPANY; 

WINDSWEPT LAND AND LIVESTOCK 

COMPANY; MAXWELL IRRIGATION DISTRICT; 

BEVERLY F. ANDREOTTI, et al.; TISDALE 

IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE COMPANY; 

PROVIDENT IRRIGATION DISTRICT; 

PRINCETON-CODORA-GLENN IRRIGATION 

DISTRICT; and TEHAMA-COLUSA CANAL 

AUTHORITY

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DATED: April 24, 2020 SOMACH SIMMONS & DUNN 

By /s/ Andrew Hitchings

ANDREW HITCHINGS

500 Capitol Mall, Suite 1000

Sacramento, CA 95814

Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendants GLENNCOLUSA IRRIGATION DISTRICT; 

RECLAMATION DISTRICT NO. 1004; CONAWAY 

PRESERVATION GROUP, LLC; DAVID AND 

ALICE teVELDE FAMILY TRUST; PELGER 

ROAD 1700, LLC; ANDERSON-COTTONWOOD 

IRRIGATION DISTRICT; CITY OF REDDING; and 

KNIGHTS LANDING INVESTORS, LLC

DATED: April 27, 2020 KRONICK MOSKOVITZ TIEDEMANN & GIRARD 

By /s/ Daniel O’Hanlon

DANIEL O’HANLON

400 Capitol Mall, 27th Floor

Sacramento, CA 95814

Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendants SAN LUIS & 

DELTA-MENDOTA WATER AUTHORITY and 

WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT 

DATED: April 27, 2020 VAN NESS FELDMAN LLP 

By /s/ Jenna Mandell-Rice

JENNA MANDELL-RICE

719 Second Ave., Suite 1150

Seattle, WA 98104

Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendants STATE WATER 

CONTRACTORS 

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ORDER

Pursuant to the Parties’ Stipulation, the Court hereby grants Friant Water Authority and 

Arvin-Edison Water Storage District intervention according to the terms of the Stipulation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 27, 2020 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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