Friends of the River v. National Marine Fisheries Service

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 FRIENDS OF THE RIVER, a non- No. 2:16-cv-00818-JAM-JDP profit corporation, 11 Plaintiff, 12 ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S v. MOTION FOR REMAND AND STAY, 13 DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES REMAND SCHEDULE

14 SERVICE, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 This matter is before the Court on Friends of the River’s 18 (“Plaintiff”) motion for an order of remand, remand schedule, and 19 stay of Section 9 claim. Mot. to Remand and Stay, ECF No. 85. 20 The National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) and the United 21 States Army Corps of Engineers (“CORPS”) (collectively, “Federal 22 Defendants”) partially opposed this motion. Defs.’ Resp., ECF 23 No. 86. Intervenor Defendants, Yuba County Water Agency, also 24 partially opposed this motion. Intervenor Def.’s Opp’n., ECF No. 25 87. 26 For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS 27 Plaintiff’s motion for an order of remand, DENIES Plaintiff’s 28 motion for a…