North Coast Rivers Alliance v. United States Department of the Interior
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 NORTH COAST RIVERS ALLIANCE, et al., No. 1:16-cv-00307-DAD-SKO 11 Plaintiffs, ORDER RE STATUS OF PENDING
MOTIONS v. (Doc. Nos. 85, 90, 92)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE
14 INTERIOR, et al., 15 Defendants,
16 WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT, et al., 17 Intervenor-Defendants.
This case concerns approval by the United States Department of the Interior and its member
agency, the United States Bureau of Reclamation (collectively, Federal Defendants or Reclamation), of
six interim renewal contracts that authorized delivery of water from March 1, 2016, through February
28, 2018, from federal reclamation facilities to certain water districts served by the Federal Central
Valley Project (CVP) (2016–18 Interim Contracts). (Doc. No. 64, First Amended and Supplemental Complaint (FASC).) The 2016–18 Interim Contracts at issue in this case provided water service to Westlands Water District (Westlands), Santa Clara Valley Water District (Santa Clara), and…