-DLB Firebaugh Canal Co, et al v. USA, et al, No. 1:1988cv00634 - Document 945 (E.D. Cal. 2012)

Court Description: FINAL JUDGMENT on claims in Plaintiff's Fifth Amended Complaint signed by District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill on 3/16/2012. (Lundstrom, T)

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1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 7 FIREBAUGH CANAL WATER DISTRICT and CENTRAL CALIFORNIA IRRIGATION DISTRICT, 1:88-cv-00634 LJO DLB 1:91-cv-00048 LJO DLB (Partially Consolidated) 8 Plaintiffs, 9 10 FINAL JUDGMENT ON CLAIMS IN PLAINTIFFS’ FIFTH AMENDED COMPLAINT (filed as Doc. 930 in 1:91cv-0048). v. 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., 12 Defendants, and 13 WESTLANDS WATER DISTRICT, 14 Defendants-in-Intervention. 15 16 Judgment is hereby entered against Plaintiffs Firebaugh Canal Water District and Central 17 California Irrigation District (“Plaintiffs”); in favor of Federal Defendants United States of America, 18 United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, and Ken Salazar, Secretary of the 19 Interior; and in favor of District Defendants Westlands Water District, Panoche Water District, Panoche 20 Drainage District, and San Luis Water District on Claims One, Two, Three, Five, and Six in Plaintiffs’ 21 Fifth Amended Complaint, filed June 1, 2004 (Doc. #930 in Case No. CV-F-91-048). Claim Four of 22 23 Plaintiffs’ Fifth Amended Complaint was transferred to the Court of Federal Claims and was dismissed 24 by that court under 28 U.S.C. § 1500 on March 29, 2006. 25 This Judgment is not intended to alter the partial final judgment entered on First Phase Claims 26 concerning Federal Defendants’ duty to provide drainage to landowners within the San Luis Unit of the 27 Central Valley Project, nor is it intended to disturb this Court’s consistent retention of jurisdiction to 28 1 1 enforce that partial final judgment. See Doc. 411 (March 10, 1995), amended by Doc. 654 (December 2 18, 2000). 3 Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 58(c)(2) and 79(a), the Clerk of the Court is directed to enter this 4 Judgment on the civil docket. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill March 16, 2012 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE DEAC_Signature-END: b9ed48bb 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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