Native Ecosystem Counsel et al v. Raby et al

Filing 19

ORDER STAYED 9 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction filed by Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Native Ecosystem Council pending resolution of Plaintiffs Motion for Temporary Restraining Order. DENIED as MOOT 13 First MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply to Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed by Jon Raby, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. Signed by Magistrate Judge Timothy J. Cavan on 7/23/2018. (AEC)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA
BILLINGS DIVISION
NATIVE ECOSYSTEM COUNCIL
and ALLIANCE FOR THE WILD
ROCKIES,

CV 18-55-BLG-SPW-TJC

ORDER
Plaintiffs,
vs.
JON RABY, Acting State Director, the
Bureau of Land Management;
BUREAU OF LAND
MANAGEMENT; and the
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Defendants.
Before the Court is Defendants’ Motion for Extension of Time to Respond
to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction, seeking a 30-day extension in
which to respond to the plaintiffs Native Ecosystem Council and Alliance for the
Wild Rockies’ (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) Motion for Preliminary Injunction.
(Docs. 9, 13.) The same day Defendants filed their motion, Plaintiffs filed a
Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, which motion deals with many of the
same issues raised in Plaintiffs’ earlier Motion for Preliminary Injunction. (See
Doc. 11.) Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED that briefing on Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary
Injunction is STAYED pending resolution of Plaintiffs’ Motion for Temporary
Restraining Order.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants’ motion (Doc. 13) is
DENIED as moot. The Court will establish a new briefing schedule for Plaintiffs’
Motion for Preliminary Injunction upon issuance of an order on Plaintiffs’ Motion
for Temporary Restraining Order.
DATED this 23rd day of July, 2018.
_______________________________
TIMOTHY J. CAVAN
United States Magistrate Judge