CALIFORNIA v. WHEELER

Case No. 20-cv-03005-RS.

467 F.Supp.3d 864 (2020)

State of CALIFORNIA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Andrew WHEELER, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

Signed June 19, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryant B. Cannon , CA Department of Justice Office of the CA Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, Catherine Mitchell Wieman , Jessica Barclay-Strobel , Tatiana Koleva Gaur , Office of the Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, Roxanne J. Carter , California Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiff State of California.

Timothy L. Hoffman , Pro Hac Vice, New York State Attorney General's Office, Buffalo, NY, Philip Bein , Pro Hac Vice, New York State Attorney General's Office, New York, NY, for Plaintiff State of New York.

Jason Elliott James , Pro Hac Vice, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff State of Illinois.

Daniel P. Bock , Pro Hac Vice, Michigan Department of Attorney General Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, Lansing, MI, for Plaintiff State of Michigan.

William G. Grantham , Pro Hac Vice, NM Attorney General's Office, Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff State of New Mexico.

Paul Andrew Garrahan , Oregon Department of Justice Natural Resources Section, Salem, OR, for Plaintiff State of Oregon.

Alison B. Hoffman , Pro Hac Vice, Ri Office of Attorney General, Providence, RI, for Plaintiff State of Rhode Island.

Laura B. Murphy , Pro Hac Vice, VT Attorney General's Office, Montpelier, VT, for Plaintiff State of Vermont.

Ronald Leo LaVigne, Jr. , Pro Hac Vice, Attorney at Law, Olympia, WA, for Plaintiff State of Washington.

Gabe Johnson-Karp , Pro Hac Vice, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff State of Wisconsin.

Seth Schofield , Pro Hac Vice, David Seth Frankel , Pro Hac Vice, Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General, Boston, MA, for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Nathan Michael Potter Taylor , Pro Hac Vice, New York City Law Department, New York, NY, for Plaintiff City of New York.

Hubert T. Lee , Jonathan Brightbill , Phillip Roark DuPre, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants Andrew Wheeler, R. D. James, United States Environmental Protection Agency, United States Army Corps of Engineers.

Elizabeth P. McCarter , Pro Hac Vice, Attorney at Law Tennessee Attorney Generals Office, Nashville, TN, for Defendant State of Tennessee.

Benjamin Michael Flowers , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Columbus, OH, for Defendant State of Ohio.


ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY RELIEF

I. INTRODUCTION

This case is a challenge to a new rule that will substantially narrow the definition of what are "waters of the United States" subject to federal regulation under the Clean Water Act. Plaintiffs seek a court order preventing...

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