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Parties Involved:
Center for Environmental Science, Accuracy & Reliability
Plaintiff
Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL 

SCIENCE, ACCURACY & 

RELIABILITY,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

SACRAMENTO REGIONAL COUNTY 

SANITATION DISTRICT,

 Defendant.

OLD CASE NO: 2:15-cv-00342 KJM AC

NEW CASE NO: 1:15-cv-01103 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 Aqualliance, et al. v. United States Bureau of 

Reclamation, et al., 1:15-cv-00754 LJO BAM; San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, et al. v. 

Jewell, et al., Lead Case No. 1:09-cv-00407 LJO BAM, and Natural Resources Def. Council, et al. v. 

Jewell, et al., Case No. 1:05-cv-1207-LJO-BAM, among others. The actions involve the same or similar 

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

district judge has not engaged in this matter in any substantial way. Accordingly, assignment of the 

actions to the same district judge and magistrate judge will promote convenience, efficiency and 

economy for the Court and parties. An order relating cases under this Court’s Local Rule 123 merely 

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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-01103 LJO BAM. The Clerk of Court shall close the 

Sacramento case and no further documents may be filed therein.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 17, 2015 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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