FRIANT WATER AUTHORITY v. JEWELL

Case No. 1:14-CV-000765-LJO-BAM.

FRIANT WATER AUTHORITY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. SALLY JEWELL, as Secretary of the UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

October 17, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Friant Water Authority, Plaintiff, represented by Alexander M Porcaro , Farella Braun + Martel LLP, Ashley Evans Breakfield , Farella Braun & Martel, LLP, James Alexander Reese , Farella Braun and Martel LLP, Jennifer Thompson Buckman , Friant Water Authority, Paul P. Spaulding, III , Farella Braun + Martel LLP & Thomas B Mayhew , Farella Braun + Martel LLP.

Lindsay-Strathmore Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Jennifer Thompson Buckman , Friant Water Authority.

Orange Cove Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Alex M. Peltzer , Peltzer & Richardson, LC.

Stone Corral Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Alex M. Peltzer , Peltzer & Richardson, LC & Kenneth J. Richardson , Peltzer & Richardson, LC.

Terra Bella Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Allison Katherine Pierce , Ruddell Cochran Stanton Smith and Bixler LLP & Danial Zackary Smith , Law Office of Danial Zackary Smith.

Lower Tule River Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Alex M. Peltzer , Peltzer & Richardson, LC & Kenneth J. Richardson , Peltzer & Richardson, LC.

Madera Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Jennifer Thompson Buckman , Friant Water Authority.

Pixley Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Alex M. Peltzer , Peltzer & Richardson, LC & Kenneth J. Richardson , Peltzer & Richardson, LC.

Porterville Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Alex M. Peltzer , Peltzer & Richardson, LC & Kenneth J. Richardson , Peltzer & Richardson, LC.

Saucelito Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Allison Katherine Pierce , Ruddell Cochran Stanton Smith and Bixler LLP & Danial Zackary Smith , Law Office of Danial Zackary Smith.

Tea Pot Dome Water District, Plaintiff, represented by Alex M. Peltzer , Peltzer & Richardson, LC & Kenneth J. Richardson , Peltzer & Richardson, LC.

Tulare Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Alex M. Peltzer , Peltzer & Richardson, LC & Kenneth J. Richardson , Peltzer & Richardson, LC.

Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District, Plaintiff, represented by Allison Katherine Pierce , Ruddell Cochran Stanton Smith and Bixler LLP & Danial Zackary Smith , Law Office of Danial Zackary Smith.

Arvin-Edison Water Storage District, Plaintiff, represented by Jennifer Thompson Buckman , Friant Water Authority.

Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Jennifer Thompson Buckman , Friant Water Authority.

Delano-Earlimart Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Alex M. Peltzer , Peltzer & Richardson, LC.

Lindmore Irrigation District, Plaintiff, represented by Danial Zackary Smith , Law Office of Danial Zackary Smith.

Sally Jewell, Defendant, represented by Nicholas Jabbour , United States Department Of Justice, Civil Division.

United States Department of the Interior, Defendant, represented by Nicholas Jabbour , United States Department Of Justice, Civil Division.

Lowell Pimley, Defendant, represented by Nicholas Jabbour , United States Department Of Justice, Civil Division.

David Murillo, Defendant, represented by Nicholas Jabbour , United States Department Of Justice, Civil Division.

Michael Jackson, Defendant, represented by Nicholas Jabbour , United States Department Of Justice, Civil Division.

United States Bureau of Reclamation, Defendant, represented by Nicholas Jabbour , United States Department Of Justice, Civil Division.

Grassland Water District, Defendant, represented by Ellen L Trescott , Adams Broadwell Joseph & Cardozo & Hamilton Candee , Altshuler Berzon.

Grassland Resource Conservation District, Defendant, represented by Ellen L Trescott , Adams Broadwell Joseph & Cardozo & Hamilton Candee , Altshuler Berzon.

United States of America, Defendant, represented by Nicholas Jabbour , United States Department Of Justice, Civil Division.

San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon , Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Eileen M. Diepenbrock , Diepenbrock Elkin LLP, Elizabeth Louise Leeper , Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard, Jonathan R. Marz , Diepenbrock Elkin LLP & Rebecca Rose Akroyd , Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard.

Westlands Water District, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Daniel Joseph O'Hanlon , Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, Eileen M. Diepenbrock , Diepenbrock Elkin LLP, Elizabeth Louise Leeper , Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard, Jonathan R. Marz , Diepenbrock Elkin LLP & Rebecca Rose Akroyd , Kronick Moskovitz Tiedemann & Girard.

San Joaquin River Exchange Contractors Water Authority, Intervenor, represented by Andrew John McClure , Minasian, Meith, Soares, Sexton & Cooper, LLP & Paul Ryan Minasian , Minasian Meith Soares Sexton & Cooper, LLP.


MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER GRANTING GRASSLANDS PARTIES' MOTION TO INTERVENE FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSE OF OPPOSING MOTION TO TRANSFER (DOCS. 69 & 73)

LAWRENCE J. O'NEILL, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND

This suit concerns the United States Bureau of Reclamation's ("Reclamation") release of water from Millerton Lake and Friant Dam, features of the Friant Unit of the Central Valley Project ("CVP...

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