American River Trees, et al. v. Central Valley Protection Board, et al.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 AMERICAN RIVER TREES, et al., No. 2:25-cv-02384-DC-CSK 12 Plaintiffs, 13 v. ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION

FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

14 CENTRAL VALLEY PROTECTION BOARD, et al., (Doc. No. 19) 15 Defendants. 16 17 This matter came before the court on November 7, 2025, for a hearing on Plaintiffs’ 18 motion for preliminary injunction. (Doc. Nos. 19; 36.) Attorney Patrick Soluri appeared on behalf 19 of Plaintiff American River Trees and Plaintiff Save the American River Association, and 20 Attorneys Justin Augustine and Meredith Stevenson appeared on behalf of Plaintiff Center for 21 Biological Diversity. Attorneys Devon McCune and Daniel Luecke appeared on behalf of 22 Defendant U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE”) and Defendant U.S. National Parks 23 Service (“NPS”). Attorneys Matthew Struhar and Isabella Panicucci appeared on behalf of 24 Defendant Central Valley Flood Protection Board (“Flood Board”). For the reasons explained 25 below, Plaintiffs’ motion for…