E&B Natural Resources Management Corporation v. County of Alameda

1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 5 E&B NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT CASE NO. 18-cv-05857-YGR

CORPORATION, ET AL.,

6 Plaintiffs and Petitioners, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR PARTIAL 7 SUMMARY JUDGMENT vs. 8 Re: Dkt. Nos. 59, 66

COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, ET AL.,

9 Defendants and Respondents. 10 Plaintiffs and petitioners E&B Natural Resources Management Corporation (“E&B”); 11 Laurie Volm; Sharyl G. Bloom and Richard S. Bloom, co-trustees of The Lynn Bloom Trust; 12 James C. Roth; Dolores D. Michaelson; and Michael Karpé initiated this action against defendants 13 and respondents County of Alameda (the “County”) and Alameda County Board of Supervisors 14 (the “Board”) seeking to overturn the Board’s July 24, 2018 decision not to renew two conditional 15 use permits (“CUPs”) which are predicates to E&B’s continued operation of an oil extraction and 16 production facility on two parcels of land in Livermore, California. 17 Now before the Court is plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment pursuant to 18 Federal Rule of Civil Procedural…