Yurok Tribe v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 YUROK TRIBE, et al., Case No. 19-cv-04405-WHO

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING REQUESTS TO

v. LIFT STAY

U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 928, 938, 951 Defendants, 11 and

KLAMATH WATER USERS

ASSOCIATION,

14 and 15 THE KLAMATH TRIBES,

Intervenor-Defendants.

The parties seek to lift the stay of litigation to which they stipulated on March 27, 2020. 19 They disagree, however, on the scope of any subsequent litigation. The U.S. Bureau of 20 Reclamation (“Bureau”) and National Marine Fisheries Service (collectively, the federal 21 defendants), along with the Yurok Tribe, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations, 22 and Institute for Fisheries Resources (the plaintiffs), and an intervenor-defendant, the Klamath 23 Tribes, wish to lift the stay only to file a crossclaim challenging an Oregon water district order. 24 These parties also request specific limits on the litigation to protect tribal sovereignty and prevent 25 the adjudication of tribal…