Havasu Water Co. v. Chemehuevi Indian Tribe

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 HAVASU WATER CO., ) Case No. ED CV 19-615-SP ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ) SUMMARILY DISMISSING ACTION CHEMEHUEVI INDIAN ) FOR FAILURE TO EFFECT SERVICE TRIBE, et al. ) ) Defendants. ) ) 17 o I. PROCEEDINGS On April 5, 2019, plaintiff Havasu Water Co. filed a complaint against defendants Chemehuevi Indian Tribe and the United States of America. Plaintiff alleges it and the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe entered into a settlement agreement in 1976 in which the Tribe granted plaintiff an easement over specific parcels of land, but that the Tribe informed plaintiff in February 2019 that plaintiff’s easement had expired. Plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment regarding the rights of the parties with respect to the easement and more specifically seeks an easement by prescription. Per Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m),…