Mealey's ( May 11, 2021, 11:43 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — After a California irrigation district on April 9 waived its right to respond to a petition for a writ of certiorari from the U.S. Supreme Court, the high court on April 26 requested that the irrigation district file a response to a farmer’s petition asking the high court to rule on whether an irrigation district may abrogate the water rights of farmers and whether the farmers have federally protected water rights under federal law....