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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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KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ,

TIEDEMANN & GIRARD

ATTORNEYS AT LAW

SACRAMENTO

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Order Following January 11, 2010 Scheduling Conference 

DANIEL J. O’HANLON, State Bar No. 122380

K. ERIC ADAIR, State Bar No. 150650 

HANSPETER WALTER, State Bar No. 244847 

KRONICK, MOSKOVITZ, TIEDEMANN & GIRARD 

400 Capitol Mall, 27th Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 321-4500 

Facsimile: (916) 321-4555 

EILEEN M. DIEPENBROCK, State Bar No. 119254 

JON D. RUBIN, State Bar No. 196944 

JONATHAN R. MARZ, State Bar No. 221188 

DIEPENBROCK HARRISON 

400 Capitol Mall, 18th Floor 

Sacramento, CA 95814 

Telephone: (916) 492-5000 

Facsimile: (916) 446-4535 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER 

AUTHORITY; WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

THE DELTA SMELT CASES 

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA 

WATER AUTHORITY, et al. v. 

SALAZAR, et al. (Case No. 1:09-cv-407) 

CASE NO. 1:09-cv-407-OWW-DLB 

1:09-cv-422-OWW-DLB 

1:09-cv-631-OWW-DLB 

1:09-cv-892-OWW-GSA 

PARTIALLY CONSOLIDATED WITH: 

1:09-cv-480-OWW-GSA 

ORDER FOLLOWING JANUARY 11, 2010 

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE

Judge: Hon. Oliver W. Wanger 

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS v. 

SALAZAR, et al. (Case No. 1:09-cv-422) 

COALITION FOR A SUSTAINABLE 

DELTA, et al. v. UNITED STATES FISH 

AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, et al. 

(Case No. 1:09-cv-480) 

METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT v. 

UNITED STATES FISH & WILDLIFE 

SERVICE, et al. (Case No. 1:09-cv-631) 

STEWART & JASPER ORCHARDS, 

et al. v. UNITED STATES FISH AND 

WILDLIFE SERVICE, et al. 

Case No. 1:09-cv-892) 

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Order Following January 11, 2010 Scheduling Conference 

The Court held a scheduling conference in these consolidated actions on January 11, 2010, 

at the request of plaintiffs. Plaintiffs San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority and Westlands 

Water District were represented by Daniel J. O’Hanlon, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & 

Girard; plaintiffs Coalition for a Sustainable Delta and Kern County Water Agency were 

represented by Robert Thornton and Paul S. Weiland, Nossaman LLP; plaintiff Metropolitan 

Water District of Southern California was represented by Christopher J. Carr, Morrison & 

Forester LLP, and Linus Masouredis; plaintiff State Water Contractors was represented by 

Gregory K. Wilkinson, Best Best & Krieger LLP; plaintiffs Stewart & Jasper Orchards, et al., 

were represented by Brandon M. Middleton, Pacific Legal Foundation; Federal Defendants were 

represented by Ethan Eddy, S. Jay Govindan and William J. Shapiro, United States Department of 

Justice; defendant-intervenors Natural Resources Defense Council and The Bay Institute were 

represented by Katherine Poole and George M. Torgun; California Department of Water 

Resources was represented by Clifford T. Lee and Allison Goldsmith; and the Family Farm 

Alliance was represented by Brenda Davis, The Brenda Davis Law Group. 

The plaintiffs requested the conference to address the circumstance of the unavailability of 

an expert witness, Dr. Deriso, to appear and testify on the date scheduled to hear testimony 

relating to plaintiffs’ pending motion for interim remedies and preliminary injunction. An 

evidentiary hearing on the motion had been set for January 20 through 22, and February 2 and 3. 

At the scheduling conference, counsel for the plaintiff Metropolitan Water District of 

Southern California, Mr. Carr, reported that due to a recent heart attack, Dr. Deriso would not be 

able to proceed with his testimony beginning on January 20. Further, counsel reported that it was 

uncertain when Dr. Deriso would be sufficiently recovered to testify. Counsel expected that Dr. 

Deriso would have a better sense of his availability by January 26. 

Counsel for plaintiff Metropolitan Water District of Southern California requested an 

extension of time, until January 26, 2010, to file reply papers, including a declaration by Dr. 

Deriso, in support of the motion for interim remedies and preliminary injunction. No party 

objected to this request for extension of time. 

Counsel for plaintiffs San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority and Westlands Water 

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Order Following January 11, 2010 Scheduling Conference 

District, Mr. O’Hanlon, advised the Court that these plaintiffs did not wish to proceed with the 

hearing as scheduled if Dr. Deriso was unavailable to testify. No party objected to the 

postponement of the hearing. Counsel for these plaintiffs further requested that the hearing be 

reset for mid-March. Federal defendants and defendant-intervenors objected to setting the 

hearing in mid-March unless some change is made to the March 19 deadline for filing their 

opposition to cross-motions for summary judgment. 

At the scheduling conference, the Court tentatively set new dates of March 17, 18, 19 and 

23, 2010 for hearing testimony related to the motion for interim remedies and preliminary 

injunction. However, upon further consideration of its calendar, and the unavailability of the 

Court’s FRE 706 experts on March 18 and 19, by notice filed on January 14, 2010, the Court 

requested the parties to consider the alternative dates of March 9, 10 and 11, 2010. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. The San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority and Westlands Water District 

plaintiffs’ motion for interim remedies and preliminary injunction previously set for January 20, 

21, 22 and February 2 and 3, 2010 will be reset following a further status conference. 

2. The Court will hold a further telephonic status conference in this matter on 

January 26, 2010 at noon, to receive a report regarding Dr. Deriso’s expected availability to 

testify and to address future scheduling. 

3. The March dates proposed above for the hearing on the motion for interim 

remedies and preliminary injunction, and any alternative dates, will be discussed at the 

January 26, 2010 telephonic status conference. 

4. After the date for hearing the motion for preliminary injunction has been settled, 

the parties shall meet and confer regarding adjustments, if any, to the schedule for briefing the 

cross-motions for summary judgment. If the parties reach agreement on the briefing schedule, 

they shall present a stipulation to the Court. Absent such agreement, the Court shall set the 

briefing schedule in a further status conference. 

5. The time for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to file its reply 

in support of the motion for interim remedies and preliminary injunction is extended to 

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Order Following January 11, 2010 Scheduling Conference 

January 26, 2010. 

6. Counsel for the plaintiff Farm Family Alliance in Case No. 09-cv-1201-OWW 

shall confer with counsel for the other plaintiffs regarding presentation of evidence at the hearing 

of the motion for interim remedies and preliminary injunction, and at the January 26, 2010 status 

conference shall be prepared to address its anticipated role and what evidence it will seek to 

present in that hearing. 

DATED: January 29, 2010 

/s/ OLIVER W. WANGER 

Unites States Senior District Court Judge 

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