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-01814-JLT-EPG Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

v. (Doc. 108) UNITED STATES BUREAU OF RELCAMATION, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 I. INTRODUCTION This lawsuit concerns management of the Trinity River Division (“TRD”) of the federal Central Valley Project (“CVP”). In the operative second amended complaint (“SAC”), the Hoopa Valley Tribe (“Plaintiff” or “Hoopa”) advances several categories of claims. (See Doc. [142].) At the core of this lawsuit are allegations that the United States Bureau of Reclamation (“Reclamation”) and related federal entities and officials (collectively, “Federal Defendants”) violated various provisions of federal law by entering into certain contracts with water users for delivery of water from the CVP. (SAC, ¶¶ 126–78.) In addition, Hoopa alleges that Reclamation has violated “delegated sovereignty” set forth in Section 3406(b)(23) of the of the Central…