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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 05:702 Administrative Procedure Act

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ANDREA A. TREECE, State Bar No. 237639 

DEBORAH S. REAMES, State Bar No. 117257 

Earthjustice 

426 17th Street, 5th Floor 

Oakland, CA 94612 

atreece@earthjustice.org; dreames@earthjustice.org

Telephone: 510/550-6725 

TRENT W. ORR, State Bar No. 077656 

953 Clayton Street, #5 

San Francisco, CA 94117 

torr@earthjustice.org

Telephone: 415/665-2185 

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 

Attorneys for Plaintiff NRDC 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE 

COUNCIL, et al.

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GALE A. NORTON, Secretary, U.S. Department 

of the Interior, et al.

 Defendants. 

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER 

AUTHORITY and WESTLANDS WATER 

DISTRICT; CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU 

FEDERATION; GLENN-COLUSA 

IRRIGATION DISTRICT, et al.; CALIFORNIA 

DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, 

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS; and KERN 

COUNTY WATER AGENCY 

 Defendant-Intervenors. 

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Case No. 05-CV-01207 OWW LJO 

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On May 8, 2006, this Court held a hearing on the motion to intervene by the Kern County 

Water Agency (“Kern”). The Court ruled that it would allow Kern to intervene for the sole purpose 

of briefing the issue of whether the Commerce Clause limits the applicability of the Endangered 

Species Act to the Delta smelt, an intrastate species. In response, Plaintiffs requested that a status 

conference be set on May 26, 2006, to address the coordination of briefing among Defendants and 

Defendant-Intervenors. Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors agreed to the setting of a status 

conference on this date. 

Based upon Plaintiffs’ request and Defendants’ and Defendant-Intervenors’ agreement, the 

Court hereby orders that a status conference be held at 8:45 a.m. on May 26, 2006. Counsel, whose 

office is more than fifty (50) miles from the Courthouse, may request that their appearance be by 

telephonic conference. The parties shall be prepared to discuss how they intend to coordinate the 

briefing of issues in this case so as to prevent redundant and unnecessarily voluminous filings. The 

parties shall file a joint statement describing their proposals by May 19, 2006. 

Counsel for all parties have reviewed and approved this proposed order as to form. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: May 16, 2006 /s/ OLIVER W. WANGER 

OLIVER W. WANGER 

United States District Judge 

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ANDREA A. TREECE, State Bar No. 237639 

DEBORAH S. REAMES, State Bar No. 117257 

Earthjustice 

426 17th Street, 5th Floor 

Oakland, CA 94612 

atreece@earthjustice.org; dreames@earthjustice.org

Telephone: 510/550-6725 

TRENT W. ORR, State Bar No. 077656 

953 Clayton Street, #5 

San Francisco, CA 94117 

torr@earthjustice.org

Telephone: 415/665-2185 

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 

Attorneys for Plaintiff NRDC 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE 

COUNCIL, et al.

 Plaintiffs, 

v. 

GALE A. NORTON, Secretary, U.S. Department 

of the Interior, et al.

 Defendants. 

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER 

AUTHORITY and WESTLANDS WATER 

DISTRICT; CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU 

FEDERATION; GLENN-COLUSA 

IRRIGATION DISTRICT, et al.; CALIFORNIA 

DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, 

STATE WATER CONTRACTORS; and KERN 

COUNTY WATER AGENCY 

 Defendant-Intervenors. 

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Case No. 05-CV-01207 OWW LJO 

ORDER SETTING 

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On May 8, 2006, this Court held a hearing on the motion to intervene by the Kern County 

Water Agency (“Kern”). The Court ruled that it would allow Kern to intervene for the sole purpose 

of briefing the issue of whether the Commerce Clause limits the applicability of the Endangered 

Species Act to the Delta smelt, an intrastate species. In response, Plaintiffs requested that a status 

conference be set on May 26, 2006, to address the coordination of briefing among Defendants and 

Defendant-Intervenors. Defendants and Defendant-Intervenors agreed to the setting of a status 

conference on this date. 

Based upon Plaintiffs’ request and Defendants’ and Defendant-Intervenors’ agreement, the 

Court hereby orders that a status conference be held at 8:45 a.m. on May 26, 2006. Counsel, whose 

office is more than fifty (50) miles from the Courthouse, may request that their appearance be by 

telephonic conference. The parties shall be prepared to discuss how they intend to coordinate the 

briefing of issues in this case so as to prevent redundant and unnecessarily voluminous filings. The 

parties shall file a joint statement describing their proposals by May 19, 2006. 

Counsel for all parties have reviewed and approved this proposed order as to form. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: May 16, 2006 /s/ OLIVER W. WANGER 

OLIVER W. WANGER 

United States District Judge 

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