Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment et al v. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement et al

Filing 47

ORDER granting 45 Motion to Complete the Administrative Record and 46 Motion for Additional Time to File Merits Briefs. Adm Plaintiffs Brief due by 8/30/2013. Adm Defendants Brief due by 10/25/2013. Adm Intervenor Defendants Brief due by 11/4/2013. Adm Plaintiff Reply Brief due by 11/19/2013. By Judge John L. Kane on 8/22/13.(mnfsl, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 1:12-cv-1275-JLK
DINÉ CITIZENS AGAINST RUINING OUR ENVIRONMENT;
SAN JUAN CITIZENS ALLIANCE;
SIERRA CLUB;
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; and
AMIGOS BRAVOS,
Petitioners,
v.
UNITED STATES OFFICE OF SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION
AND ENFORCEMENT, an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior;
KENNETH L. SALAZAR, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Interior;
AL KLEIN, in his official capacity as Regional Director of U.S. Office of Surface
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Western Region;
BOB POSTLE, in his official capacity as Manager of the Program Support Division for
the Western Region of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement;
RICK WILLIAMSON, in his official capacity as Manager of the Indian Programs Branch
of the Western Region of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement;
and
MYCHAL YELLOWMAN, in his official capacity as Navajo Mine Team Leader in the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement,
Respondents, and
BHP Navajo Coal Company, a Delaware Corporation,
Intervenor Respondent.
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ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO COMPLETE THE ADMINISTRATIVE
RECORD AND MOTION FOR ADDITIONAL TIME
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Before me are Federal Respondents’ Unopposed Motion to Complete the
Administrative Record, Doc. 45, and the parties’ Joint Motion for Additional Time to File
Merits Briefs, Doc. 46. Having considered both motions and attachments thereto, I
GRANT both motions. The Federal Respondents need not lodge the additional record
documents through a conventional filing. The amended briefing schedule will be as
follows: Petitioners’ merits brief due August 30, 2013; Federal Respondents’ merits brief
due October 25, 2013; Intervenor Respondent’s merits brief due November 4, 2013;
Petitioners’ reply merits brief due November 19, 2013.

DATED:

August 22, 2013

BY THE COURT:
s/John L. Kane
John L. Kane
United States District Judge

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