United States Ninth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant United States Department of the Interior in an action challenging defendant's management of California's Central Valley Project is affirmed, where: 1) defendant's broad discretion in matters of drainage precluded both of plaintiff's claims that a lack of adequate drainage in part of the Central Valley Project caused poor quality water flow into their service area, and that defendant should be ordered to provide the necessary drainage or pay money damages; and 2) defendant's discretion put defendant's actions beyond the scope of both the Administrative Procedure Act and Federal Tort Claims Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/05/2013
• Published 04/05/2013

Judges

• BLOCK

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel