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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 16:1538 Endangered Species Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL 

SCIENCE, ACCURACY & RELIABILITY,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

MARK W. COWIN, in his Official Capacity as 

Director of CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT 

OF WATER RESOURCES, et al.,

 Defendants. 

OLD CASE NO: 2:15-CV-02424 WBS KJN

NEW CASE NO: 1:15-CV-01852 LJO BAM

ORDER RELATING AND REASSIGNING 

CASE

Review of the above-captioned action reveals that it is related under this Court’s Local Rule 123 

to numerous actions before the undersigned, including San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, et 

al. v. Jewell, et al., Lead Case No. 1:09-cv-00407 LJO BAM (“San Luis v. Jewell”). The actions involve 

the same or similar parties, properties, claims, events and/or questions of fact or law. In addition, the 

currently assigned district and magistrate judges have not engaged in this matter in any substantial way. 

Moreover, a substantially similar, if not essentially identical, action, Center for Environmental 

Science, Accuracy & Reliability v. Cowin, et al., 1:15-cv-00884 LJO BAM (“CESAR v. Cowin I”), was 

previously heard and dismissed by the undersigned for failure to comply with applicable notice 

requirements. Pursuant to Local Rule 123(d): 

An action may not be dismissed and thereafter refiled for the purpose of 

obtaining a different Judge or Magistrate Judge. If an action is dismissed

and it, or one essentially the same, is refiled, it shall be assigned to the same 

Judge and Magistrate Judge. It is the duty of all counsel appearing therein to 

bring the facts of the refiling to the attention of the Clerk pursuant to this 

Rule.

Accordingly, assignment of the actions to the district judge and magistrate judge assigned to San Luis 

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v. Jewell and CESAR v. Cowin I will promote convenience, efficiency and economy for the Court and 

parties. An order relating cases under this Court’s Local Rule 123 merely assigns them to the same 

district judge and magistrate judge, and no consolidation of cases is effected. On the basis of good 

cause, this Court ORDERS that the above-captioned action is reassigned to U.S. District Judge 

Lawrence J. O'Neill and U.S. Magistrate Judge Barbara A. McAuliffe. All documents shall bear the 

new case number: 

1:15-CV-01852 LJO BAM

IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: December 10, 2015

 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill

 United States District Judge

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