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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DON LAUB, et al., 

Plaintiffs,

v.

GAIL NORTON, et al., 

Defendants.

1:00-CV-6601 OWW SMS

ORDER RE PENDING MOTIONS FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT

This lawsuit is one of several pending in state and federal

court concerning the CALFED bay-delta program. Specifically,

Plaintiffs allege here that the programmatic Record of Decision

(“ROD”) for the Programmatic Environmental Impact

Statement/Environmental Impact Report (“PEIS/EIR”) does not

comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”)

because it allegedly failed to consider an indirect impact, the

harming of the agricultural infrastructure and resulting

conversions of agricultural lands and resources.

Summary judgment briefing was completed in August 2005. A

hearing on the motions for summary judgment was initially

scheduled for September 26, 2005, but was vacated to allow the

court additional time to prepare for oral argument. (Doc. 256.)

Before the hearing could be rescheduled, however, the Court of

Appeal for the State of California, Third Appellate District,

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issued a decision vacating the ROD, finding that it violated the

California Environmental Quality Act. (See Doc. 259-2; In re

Bay-Delta Programmatic Environmental Impact Report Coordinated

Proceedings, JCCP No. 4152, filed October 7, 2005.) On January

25, the California Supreme Court granted the state defendants’

petition for review. 

The parties are ordered to file a joint status report within

20 days of service of this order (1) detailing the status of the

California Supreme Court case, (2) addressing whether a ruling

upholding the Third Appellate District’s decision would moot the

pending motions for summary judgment, and (3) suggesting a

schedule for further proceedings in this court. 

SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 24, 2006 /s/ OLIVER W. WANGER

______________________________

 Oliver W. Wanger

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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