California Federal Judge Lifts Stay Of Tribe’s Suit Against Water Districts

(June 13, 2017, 11:37 AM EDT) -- RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A federal judge in California on June 5 granted the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians’ motion to lift a stay of its groundwater lawsuit against two water districts, finding that continuing the stay would prejudice the tribe and “unfairly advantage” the water districts “by permitting their ongoing disregard of the Tribe’s rights” (Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Coachella Valley Water District, et al., No. 13-883, C.D. Calif., Eastern Div.)....

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