NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ STOCKTON EAST WATER DISTRICT, Plaintiff CENTRAL SAN JOAQUIN WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, Plaintiff-Appellant SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, STOCKTON CITY, CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE COMPANY, Plaintiffs v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee ______________________ 2017-2431 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:04-cv-00541-EDK, Judge Elaine Kaplan. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ ROGER J. MARZULLA, Marzulla Law, LLC, Washing- ton, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellant. Also represented by NANCIE GAIL MARZULLA.

JIMMY MCBIRNEY, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. Also represented by ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR., BRIAN A.

MIZOGUCHI, JOSEPH H. HUNT. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, PLAGER, and MOORE, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

December 17, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court