Western Organization of Resource Councils et al v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management et al

Filing 39

ORDER granting 37 Motion to Intervene as Defendant-Intervenor. Cloud Peak is not required to file an Answer. IS IS ALSO ORDERED that Defendant-Intervenor Cloud Peak shall file their Motion for Pro Hac Vice and comply with Local Rule 83.1(d). Signed by Judge Brian Morris on 3/8/2017. (MMS)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA
GREAT FALLS DIVISION
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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U.S. BUREAU OF LAND
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MANAGEMENT, an agency within
the U.S. Department of the Interior, et )
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al.,
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Defendants.
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WESTERN ORGANIZATION OF
RESOURCE COUNCILS, et al.,

CV 16-21-GF-BMM
ORDER GRANTING
UNOPPOSED MOTION TO
INTERVENE AS DEFENDANTINTERVENOR

Applicant for Intervention, Cloud Peak Energy Inc. (“Cloud Peak”), moves
to intervene in the above-captioned case as a Defendant-Intervenor pursuant to
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24. As set forth in its Brief in Support of
Unopposed Motion to Intervene as Defendant-Intervenor, Cloud Peak meets the
threshold required for intervention as of right, or, in the alternative, permissive
intervention. Plaintiffs and Federal Defendants take no position on the motion.
Cloud Peak will abide by the terms set forth in the Court’s February 16,
2017 Order approving the parties’ Joint Case Management Plan.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that Cloud Peak’s Unopposed Motion to
Intervene as Defendant-Intervenor is GRANTED. Cloud Peak is not required to
file an Answer.
IT IS ALSO ORDERED that Defendant-Intervenor Cloud Peak shall file
their Motion for Pro Hac Vice (Doc. 37, Ex. 3) and comply with Local Rule
83.1(d).
Dated this 8th day of March, 2017.

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