(April 10, 2017, 1:33 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California federal judge on April 6 denied a motion by a landowner to lift a nine-year-old stay of a Native American water rights lawsuit, saying that to do so could undo years of settlement negotiations about to come to fruition for about 3,000 parties (United States of America, et al. v. Fallbrook Public Utility District, et al., No. 51-cv-1247, S.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 53782)....