North Coast Rivers Alliance v. United States Department of the Interior

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NORTH COAST RIVERS ALLIANCE, et al., Case No. 1:16-cv-00307-JLT-SKO

Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

STAY AND IMPOSING CONDITIONS

13 v. ON BRIEFING

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE

INTERIOR, et al., (Doc. 205)

Defendants,

17 WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT, et al.,

18 Intervenor-Defendants.

INTRODUCTION

Before the Court for decision is a motion to stay filed by the United States Department of the

Interior and its member agency, the United States Bureau of Reclamation (collectively, “Federal

Defendants” or “Reclamation”). Certain Defendant-Intervenors have indicated their non-opposition to

the motion (Docs. 206–209, 211; see also Doc. 205 at 2), but Plaintiffs oppose the request (Doc. 210). The Court has also considered Federal Defendants’ reply brief (Doc. 213), Plaintiff’s supplemental brief (Doc. 215), and Federal Defendants’ (Doc. 216) and other Defendants’ (Doc. 217) responses thereto. For the…