Tillett v. Bureau of Land Management et al

Filing 46

ORDER Setting Oral Argument With Respect to the Pending Motions and Associated Briefing for 12/4/2017 at 02:00 PM in Billings, MT before Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Cavan. Signed by Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Cavan on 11/22/2017. (Copy sent to plaintiff via certified mail/return receipt requested 11/22/2017). (JEC)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA
BILLINGS DIVISION
JERRI JOETTE TILLETT,

CV 16-148-BLG-TJC

Plaintiff,
ORDER
vs.
BUREAU OF LAND
MANAGEMENT, INTERIOR
BOARD OF LAND APPEALS, and
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Defendants.
Pending before the Court are the parties’ cross-motions for summary
judgment. (Docs. 25, 28.) The Court believes it will benefit from oral argument
on these motions. See L.R. 7.1(e). Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED that counsel for the parties shall appear before the Court
on Monday, December 4, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. in the Bighorn Courtroom, James F.
Battin Federal Courthouse, Billings, Montana, to participate in oral argument with
respect to the pending motions and associated briefing. The parties will be limited
to fifteen (15) minutes per side.
The parties should come prepared to discuss the special status species at
issue in this case, particularly the Peregrine Falcon and Shoshone Carrot. The
Court also requests that the parties be familiar with the Ninth Circuit Court of
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Appeals case Northern Plains Resource Council v. Surface Transp. Bd., 668 F.3d
1067 (9th Cir. 2011), and U.S. District Court cases interpreting that case.
DATED this 22nd day of November, 2017.

_______________________________
TIMOTHY J. CAVAN
United States Magistrate Judge

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