United States Ninth Circuit

Summary judgment in favor of defendant U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in an action brought by plaintiff-farmers seeking to compel defendant to provide irrigation districts with more water is affirmed, where: 1) defendant was not legally required to take a discrete action to deliver plaintiff-farmers' preferred amount of water from the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project for irrigation before it provides water for other purposes; 2) there was no final agency action, nor was there any action that defendant had unlawfully withheld; and 3) plaintiff-farmers had not established subject matter jurisdiction under the Administrative Procedure Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/01/2013
• Published 03/01/2013

Judges

• TROTT

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel