Friends of the River v. National Marine Fisheries Service

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FRIENDS OF THE RIVER, No. 2:16-cv-00818-DJC-JDP Plaintiff, v. ORDER NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Friends of the River’s motion to partially lift the stay of this action. (Pl’s Mot. (ECF No. 111).) Federal Defendants, National Marine Fisheries Service (“the Service”), United States Army Corps of Engineers (“the Corps”), Thomas P. Bostick, and Penny Pritzker, oppose this motion. (Fed. Defs.’ Opp’n (ECF No. 112).) Defendant-Intervenor Yuba County Water Agency also opposes the motion to lift stay and joins Federal Defendants’ opposition. (Def. Yuba County Water Agency Opp’n (ECF No. 113).) For the reasons set forth below, the Court will deny Plaintiff’s Motion to Lift Stay. BACKGROUND The Corps operates and maintains the Daguerre Point and Englebright Dams on the Yuba River. (First Amended Compl. (ECF No. 25) at 12.) In…