High Country Citizens' Alliance et al v. United States Forest Service et al

Filing 14

ORDER re: 8 Proposed Scheduling Order filed by WildEarth Guardians, High Country Citizens' Alliance. Joint Motion for Proposed Briefing Schedulefor Temporary Restraining Order GRANTED. Deadline for Plaintiffs filing a Motion for TRO: Friday July 5, 2013. Deadline for Federal Defendants, and any intervenor-defendant or proposed intervenor-defendant, filing opposition to Plaintiffs motion for TRO: Tuesday July 9, 2013. Motion Hearing re: Plaintiff's Temporary Restraining Order set for 7/11/2013 02:00 PM in Courtroom A 802 before Judge John L. Kane. Signed by Judge John L. Kane on July 6, 2013. (ebutl)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Judge John L. Kane

Civil Action No. 13-cv-01723
HIGH COUNTRY CITIZENS’ ALLIANCE, and
WILDEARTH GUARDIANS,
Plaintiffs,
v.
UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE,
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT,
DANIEL JIRÓN, in his official capacity as Regional Forester for the U.S. Forest Service’s
Rocky Mountain Region,
SCOTT ARMENTROUT, in his official capacity as Supervisor of the Grand Mesa,
Uncompahgre, and Gunnison National Forests, and
HELEN HANKINS, in her official capacity as the Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado
State Office Director,
Defendants.

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[PROPOSED] ORDER ON JOINT MOTION FOR PROPOSED BRIEFING SCHEDULE
FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER
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This matter is currently before me on the parties’ Joint Motion For Proposed Briefing
Schedule For Temporary Restraining Order. The Court understands that counsel for lessees Ark
Land Company and Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C., (Lessees) represent that they intend to
move to intervene in this case. In addition, counsel for Lessees represent that Lessees will not
implement the Sunset Trail Area Coal Exploration Plan until the conclusion of this Court’s
hearing on the Plaintiffs’ TRO motion.

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Having reviewed the motion, and finding good cause appearing, I GRANT the motion.
The deadlines for briefing and argument on Plaintiffs’ proposed motion for temporary restraining
order shall be as follows:

Deadline for Plaintiffs filing a motion for TRO: Friday July 5, 2013

Deadline for Federal Defendants, and any intervenor-defendant or proposed
intervenor-defendant, filing opposition to Plaintiffs’ motion for TRO:
Tuesday July 9, 2013

The Court sets the hearing on the TRO motion on Thursday July 11, 2013 at 2 PM.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 6, 2013, at

BY THE COURT:

Denver, Colorado.

s/ John L. Kane
_____________________
Senior U.S. District Judge

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