(December 1, 2023, 2:15 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court will consider at its Jan. 5 conference a certiorari petition in which the Klamath Irrigation District seeks a writ of mandate to remand to Oregon state court its lawsuit asserting primary jurisdiction over the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s operation of the Klamath Project to maintain minimum river levels to comply with the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and to benefit two Native American tribes, according to a Nov. 29 docket entry....