United States v. State Water Resources Control Board

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 2:19-cv-000547-JLT-EPG

Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

DISMISS INTERGOVERNMENTAL

v. IMMUNITY CLAIM; REQUIRING

SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING

STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL CONCERNING REMAINING STATE

BOARD & STATE WATER RESOURCES LAW CLAIMS

CONTROL BOARD CHAIR E. JOAQUIN

ESOUIVEL, in his official capacity, (Doc. 17, 60, 61)

Defendants. 30 DAY DEADLINE 19 I. INTRODUCTION The United States of America, on behalf of the United States Department of the Interior through its Bureau of Reclamation, filed two similar lawsuits, one in Sacramento County Superior Court, the other in this Court, concerning amendments adopted by Defendant State Water Resources Control Board (“State Board” or “the Board”) to the Water Quality Control Plan for the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary (“Bay-Delta Plan Amendments,” “Amendments,” or 26 …