Magistrate Judge Trims Claims From Suit Over Oakland’s Stormwater Discharges

Mealey's (October 8, 2018, 1:26 PM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A federal magistrate judge in California on Oct. 5 trimmed claims from a man’s Clean Water Act (CWA) citizen suit accusing the city of Oakland of illegally discharging stormwater containing untreated sewage into the San Francisco Bay but found that the plaintiff had standing to bring his suit (Derron Thibodeaux v. Port of Oakland, No. 18-cv-03353-KAW, N.D. Calif., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 172780)....