AquAlliance
AquAlliance v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 AQUALLIANCE; CALIFORNIA No. 2:21-cv-01533 WBS DMC
SPORTFISHING PROTECTION
ALLIANCE; and CALIFORNIA WATER
IMPACT NETWORK,
ORDER RE: REQUEST FOR Plaintiffs, PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION 15 v.
THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF
RECLAIMATION; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; DEB HAALAND, in her official capacity; and DOES 1 - 100, 19 Defendants.
22 ----oo0oo---- 23 Before the court is plaintiffs’ motion for a 24 preliminary injunction barring defendants from continuing with a 25 groundwater extraction project in the Sacramento River 26 Valley. (See Pls.’ Mot. for TRO and/or Preliminary Injunction 27 (“Mot.”) (Docket No. 6).) The court held a hearing on the on 28 September 9, 2021. I. Factual and Procedural History This case concerns a Voluntary Groundwater Pumping Program (“program”) approved by the United States Bureau of Reclamation (“Reclamation”) seeking to incentivize groundwater pumping in lieu of obtaining…