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Parties Involved:
Office of the Solicitor, of the U.S. Department of the Interior
Defendant
San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority
Plaintiff
Hilary Tompkins
Defendant
U.S. Department of the Interior
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN LUIS & DELTA-MENDOTA WATER 

AUTHORITY,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR, of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, HILARY 

TOMPKINS, as Solicitor, U.S. Department 

of the Interior;

 Defendants.

OLD CASE NO: 1:15-cv-01412 AWI SMS

NEW CASE NO: 1:15-cv-01412 LJO GSA

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, most directly, San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water 

Authority, et al. v. Jewell, et al., Case No. 1:15-cv-01290 LJO GSA. 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. 

Accordingly, assignment of the actions to the undersigned and to Magistrate Judge Gary S. Austin will 

promote 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 

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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 Gary S. Austin. All documents shall bear the new case number: 

1:15-cv-01412 LJO GSA.

IT IS SO ORDERED

Dated: September 17, 2015

 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill

 United States District Judge

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