Hoopa Valley Tribe v. United States Bureau of Reclamation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HOOPA VALLEY TRIBE, Case No. 1:20-cv-1814-JLT-EPG Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING WITH CONDITIONS

MOTION TO INTERVENE AS OF RIGHT

v. (Doc. 102) UNITED STATES BUREAU OF

RECLAMATION, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 I. INTRODUCTION Westlands Water District (“Westlands”) seeks intervention as of right under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 24(a), or, alternatively, permissive intervention under Rule 24(b). (Doc. 102.) Federal Defendants take no position on the motion. (Doc. 103.) The Hoopa Valley Tribe (“Plaintiff” or “Hoopa”) opposes either form of intervention. (Docs. 104, 105.) For the reasons set forth below, the motion to intervene as of right is GRANTED with conditions. II. BACKGROUND At issue in this case, among other things, are contracts entered into between the United States Bureau of Reclamation (“Reclamation”) and various water users for delivery of water from the federal Central Valley Project…