Friends of the River v. National Marine Fisheries Service et al
Plaintiff: Friends of the River
Defendant: National Marine Fisheries Service, Penny Pritzker, United States Army Corps of Engineers, Thomas P Bostick, Bureau of Land Management, Sally Jewell and Neil Kornze
Case Number: 2:2016cv00818
Filed: April 20, 2016
Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California
Office: Sacramento Office
County: Sacramento
Presiding Judge: Edmund F. Brennan
Presiding Judge: John A. Mendez
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 16 U.S.C. ยง 1538
Jury Demanded By: None

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May 4, 2026 Opinion or Order Filing 217 ORDER signed by District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta on 05/01/26 ORDERING that Court does not believe further action is necessary. The Court previously entered Final Judgment with its prior 210 Order. (Deputy Clerk VLC)
April 7, 2026 Opinion or Order Filing 212 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta on 04/07/26 EXTENDING deadline to move for attorneys fees and costs to 09/28/26. (Deputy Clerk AJB)
March 31, 2026 Opinion or Order Filing 209 ORDER signed by District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta on 3/31/2026 GRANTING IN PART and DENYING IN PART 166 , 172 , and 175 Motions for Summary Judgment; REMANDING this matter to the National Marine Fisheries Service; ORDERING the parties to meet a nd confer and to thereafter propose a schedule to complete the remand within thirty (30) days; DENYING 202 Motion for Leave to Amend its Answer; DIRECTING the Clerk of Court to enter judgment in this case. The Court will retain jurisdiction to oversee Defendants' compliance with this Order during the remand period. (Deputy Clerk GJM)
February 13, 2026 Opinion or Order Filing 208 RELATED CASE ORDER signed by District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta on 02/12/26 RELATING cases 2:16-cv-0818 DJC JDP and 2:25-cv-2511 DJC JDP. (Deputy Clerk AJB)
April 10, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 169 ORDER signed by District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta on 04/10/25 GRANTING 159 Motion to Utilize Extra-Record Evidence and DENYING AS MOOT 160 Motion to Stay. Plaintiff will be permitted to provide evidence outside the administrative record in litigating summary judgment. (Deputy Clerk AJB)
March 28, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 162 ORDER signed by District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta on 3/28/2025 GRANTING-IN-PART AND DENYING-IN-PART 161 Ex Parte Application to Shorten Time. The Court MODIFIES the briefing schedule for 159 Motion for Ruling on the Scope of Judicial Review as follow: Federal Defendants shall file an Opposition on or before 04/03/2025. The Court also MODIFIES the briefing schedule of 160 Motion to Stay as follows: Plaintiff shall file an Opposition on or before 04/03/2025. (Deputy Clerk JJD)
February 7, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 157 ORDER signed by District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta on 2/6/2025 SETTING deadlines as follows the Federal Defendants to lodge supplements and simultaneously serve a copy of the supplement to the administrative record on counsel for all parties by 2/2 1/2025; the Parties to meet and confer by 3/14/2025; Plaintiff shall file any motion related to complete or supplement the administrative record that cannot be resolved by 3/28/2025. Motion for Summary judgment shall be filed on the following schedul e; Plaintiff Motion for Summary Judgment due by 4/7/2025; Defendant's Opposition and Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment due 5/19/2025; Plaintiff's Opposition and Reply due by 6/16/2025; Defendants' Reply due by 7/7/2025; Defendant-Intervenor's Reply due by 7/14/2025. (Deputy Clerk OML)
November 18, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 152 ORDER signed by District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta on 11/15/2024 ORDERING that All responses to the Second Amended Complaint 150 , including motions to dismiss or answers, must be filed by 12/11/2024. All other deadlines identified in the Court's 11/13/2024 149 continue to apply. (Mena-Sanchez, L)
November 13, 2024 Opinion or Order Filing 149 ORDER signed by District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta on 11/12/2024 GRANTING the 148 Stipulation to File a Second Amended Complaint. (Becknal, R.)
May 3, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 124 ORDER signed by District Judge Daniel J. Calabretta on 5/3/2023 DENYING 111 Motion to Lift Stay and MODIFYING the current stay to 2/29/2024. Any applications for renewal of this stay must be made by formal motion at least one month in advance of the expiration of the stay. (Perdue, C.)
November 2, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 92 ORDER signed by District Judge John A. Mendez on 10/30/2020; GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART 85 Motion to Remand. Plaintiff's Motion for a remand schedule is DENIED. Plaintiff's Motion to stay consideration of the Section 9 claim during the remand period is GRANTED. (Tupolo, A)
February 22, 2018 Opinion or Order Filing 62 ORDER signed by District Judge John A. Mendez on 2/21/2018 DENYING Plaintiff's 33 Motion for Summary Judgment, GRANTING Defendants' 38 Motion for Summary Judgment, and GRANTING Intervenor's 41 Motion for Summary Judgment. CASE CLOSED. (York, M)
July 18, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 48 ORDER signed by District Judge John A. Mendez on 07/18/17 ORDERING that the 44 Motion to Strike is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART; because YCWA filed a Joinder to Federal Defendants' 42 Motion, the Court finds YCWA's statements of disputed and undisputed facts are unnecessary and improper. Documents No. 41-1 and 41-2, are STRICKEN. The Court AMENDS the briefing schedule as follows: the page limit for Plaintiff's combined reply and opposition brief to Federal Defendants& #039; motion is increased from 20 pages to 25 pages and due 07/28/17; the page limit for Plaintiff's combined reply and opposition brief to YCWA's brief is increased from 20 to 25 pages and is due 08/11/17; Federal Defendants and YCWA shall not be allowed to file two separate reply briefs in support of Federal Defendants' cross-motion for summary judgment. Federal Defendants and YCWA may instead file a joint reply brief, not to exceed 20 pages, by 08/25/17. The Court will set a hearing date on these motions after all briefs have been submitted. (Benson, A)
July 10, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 45 ORDER signed by District Judge John A. Mendez on 7/7/2017 GRANTING 43 Plaintiff's Motion to shorten time for briefing on motion to strike defendant-intervenor Yuba County Water Agency; YCWA shall file its Opposition to motion to shorten time for briefing on motion to strike on or before 7/12/2017; Plaintiff's Reply to Opposition by 7/14/2017; the Court shall thereafter issue a ruling on Plaintiff's motion to strike without a hearing; ACCORDINGLY Plaintiff's noticed hearing on its motion to strike is taken OFF calendar. (Reader, L)
March 21, 2017 Opinion or Order Filing 32 STIPULATION and ORDER signed by District Judge John A. Mendez on 3/21/17: Plaintiff shall file its motion for summary judgment by May 12, 2017. Federal Defendants shall file their combined cross motion for summary judgment/opposition to Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment by June 23, 2017. YCWA shall file its combined cross motion for summary judgment/opposition to Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment by June 30, 2017. (Kaminski, H)
November 29, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 24 STIPULATION AND ORDER signed by District Judge John A. Mendez on 11/28/2016 DISMISSING the Ninth and Tenth Claims of the 1 Complaint, with prejudice; DISMISSING Defendants Sally Jewell, Bureau of Land Management, Neil Kornze; DISMISSING a portion o f the Seventh Claim of the 1 Complaint, with prejudice; DISMISSING the 21 Counterclaim, without prejudice; GRANTING the plaintiff leave to file an Amended Complaint within five days; ORDERING all defendants to file their Answers to the Amended Complaint 30 days thereafter; ORDERING that the plaintiff and Yuba County Water Agency bear their own fees and costs in conjunction with the dismissed claims and counterclaims. (Michel, G.)
October 13, 2016 Opinion or Order Filing 18 ORDER signed by District Judge John A. Mendez on 10/12/2016 GRANTING 16 Motion to Intervene. (Michel, G.)
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Plaintiff: Friends of the River
Represented By: Christopher Alan Sproul
Represented By: Patricia Lynn Weisselberg
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Defendant: National Marine Fisheries Service
Represented By: Travis James Annatoyn
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Defendant: Penny Pritzker
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Defendant: United States Army Corps of Engineers
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Defendant: Thomas P Bostick
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