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ECU004457 - City of Imperial v. County of Imperial

City of Imperial v. County of Imperial, the Imperial County Board of Supervisors, and real parties in interest (Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, LLC and landowner defendants). Sierra Club is intervenor. Judge L. Brooks Anderholt, Department 9. Petition for writ of mandate under CEQA challenging approval of the project and lot merger.

Case status: active. On September 9, 2026 the court adopted its August 31 tentative decision as its final Decision, overturning the approval, and ordered the City of Imperial to prepare the judgment and writ within 10 days; the order notes that objections to the tentative decision were not considered (deemed waived under Rule of Court 3.1590). As of September 25, 2026 the parties are exchanging objections to the proposed judgment and writ (real parties' objection September 18; further objection September 24). No judgment has been entered and no appeal appears on the docket as of September 25, 2026.

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FiledDocumentType
2025-12-04Notice of Election to Prepare Administrative Record (pdf)filing
2025-12-04Petition for Writ of Mandate - City of Imperial (via KPBS) (pdf)filing
2025-12-04Request for Hearing (pdf)filing
2025-12-04Request for Settlement Conference (pdf)filing
2025-12-04Summons Filed - Aten Properties (pdf)filing
2025-12-04Summons Filed - Board of Supervisors (pdf)filing
2025-12-04Summons Filed - County of Imperial (pdf)filing
2025-12-04Summons Filed - Dickerson Trustees (pdf)filing
2025-12-04Summons Filed - Dubose Design Group (pdf)filing
2025-12-04Summons Filed - IVCM (pdf)filing
2025-12-04Summons Filed - Jesus Barriga (pdf)filing
2025-12-04Summons Filed - Leimgruber Trust (pdf)filing
2025-12-04Summons Filed - Roberto Barriga (pdf)filing
2025-12-04Summons Filed - Ryan Dickerson (pdf)filing
2025-12-04Summons Filed - Sanders Trustees (pdf)filing
2025-12-10Notice of Assignment to Judge Anderholt (pdf)filing
2025-12-10Notice of Case Management Conference (pdf)filing
2025-12-11Civil Case Cover Sheet (pdf)filing
2025-12-11Notice of Acknowledgement-Receipt (2) (pdf)filing
2025-12-11Notice of Acknowledgement-Receipt (pdf)filing
2025-12-11Proof Service (pdf)filing
2025-12-31County Notice of Settlement Meeting (pdf)filing
2026-01-02Notice of Acknowledgement-Receipt (1) (pdf)filing
2026-01-02Notice of Acknowledgement-Receipt (2) (pdf)filing
2026-01-02Notice of Acknowledgement-Receipt (3) (pdf)filing
2026-01-02Notice of Acknowledgement-Receipt (4) (pdf)filing
2026-01-02Notice of Acknowledgement-Receipt (5) (pdf)filing
2026-01-02Notice of Acknowledgement-Receipt (6) (pdf)filing
2026-01-02Notice of Acknowledgement-Receipt (7) (pdf)filing
2026-01-02Notice of Acknowledgement-Receipt (8) (pdf)filing
2026-01-02Notice of Acknowledgement-Receipt (9) (pdf)filing
2026-01-07Petition Amended (pdf)filing
2026-01-07Proof of Service of First Amended Petition (pdf)filing
2026-01-12County Notice of Settlement Meeting (pdf)filing
2026-01-14Declaration (pdf)filing
2026-01-14Notice of Court Rejection of Electronic Filing (2) (pdf)filing
2026-01-14Notice of Court Rejection of Electronic Filing (pdf)filing
2026-01-14Notice of Motion and Motion for Judgment (pdf)ruling/docket
2026-01-14RPI Answer to First Amended Petition (pdf)filing
2026-01-14Request Judicial Notice (pdf)filing
2026-01-28City Objections to County-RPI Request (pdf)filing
2026-01-28Declaration (pdf)filing
2026-01-28Opposition (pdf)filing
2026-01-28Request Judicial Notice (pdf)filing
2026-02-03Reply (pdf)filing
2026-02-03Response (pdf)filing
2026-02-09Remote Appearance Request (pdf)filing
2026-02-10CV Minutes (doc)ruling/docket
2026-02-10Notice of Case Management Conference (docx)filing
2026-02-17Stipulation (pdf)filing
2026-02-24Declaration (pdf)filing
2026-02-27Proposed Order Granting Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings (pdf)ruling/docket
2026-03-04Case Management Conference Statement (2) (pdf)filing
2026-03-04Case Management Conference Statement (pdf)filing
2026-03-11Proof Service (pdf)filing
2026-03-12Notice of Remote Appearance (pdf)filing
2026-03-13County Notice of Certification of Administrative Record (pdf)filing
2026-03-17Notice of Remote Appearance (pdf)filing
2026-03-19CV Minutes (doc)ruling/docket
2026-07-29Trial Minutes (doc)ruling/docket
2026-08-31Tentative Decision (Judge Anderholt) (pdf)ruling/docket
2026-09-01Real Parties Objections to Tentative Decision (via KPBS) (pdf)ruling/docket
2026-09-08Joint Opposition to Real Parties Objections (via KPBS) (pdf)filing
2026-09-09Decision and Order to Prepare Judgment and Writ (pdf)ruling/docket
2026-09-18Objection (Real Parties) (pdf)filing
2026-09-24Objection (latest filing) (pdf)filing
2026-09-25Register of Actions (as of 2026-09-25) (csv)ruling/docket

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