Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. Zinke et al

Filing 24

ORDER granting 15 Motion to Intervene. The Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and the InterTribal Buffalo Council are GRANTED leave to intervene in the above referenced matter. Signed by Judge Sam E Haddon on 5/1/2018. (NOS)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FILED

FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA

MAY G i 2018

BUTTE DIVISION

Clerk, U.S. District Court
District Of Montana
Helen•

COTTONWOOD
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER,

No. CV 18-12-BU-SEH
Plaintiff,

ORDER
vs.
RYAN ZINKE, in his official capacity
as Secretary of the Interior; STEVE
BULLOCK, in his official capacity as
Governor of the State of Montana;
MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF
LIVESTOCK; MONTANA
DEPARTMENT OF FISH,
WILDLIFE, AND PARKS; DAN
WENK, in his official capacity as Park
Superintendent, Yellowstone National
Park; LEANNE MARTEN, in her
official capacity as Regional Forester,
U.S. Forest Service; NATIONAL
PARK SERVICE; U.S. FOREST
SERVICE; USDA-ANIMAL &
PLANT HEAL TH INSPECTION
SERVICE,
Defendants.
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(a)(2), "the court must permit
anyone to intervene who ... claims an interest relating to the property or
transaction that is the subject of the action, and is so situated that disposing of the

action may as a practical matter impair or impede the movant's ability to protect
its interest, unless existing parties adequately represent that interest."
The documents filed and of record in this case by the Assiniboine and Sioux
Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and the InterTribal Buffalo Council
meet those requirements.
ORDERED:
The Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and
the InterTribal Buffalo Council are GRANTED leave to intervene in the abovereferenced matter .

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DATED this_}_ day of May, 2018.

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~~~ADDON

United States District Judge