Basin and Range Watch v. Bureau Of Land Management et al

Filing 51

ORDER. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that, within seven (7) days of this order, the parties shall submit a declaration or stipulation to the court identifying the contested materials, if any, that have been provided by defendants to plaintiff since 8/9/2016 the date of plaintiff's cross-motion for summary judgment. Signed by Judge James C. Mahan on 3/1/17. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ADR)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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BASIN AND RANGE WATCH,

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Plaintiff(s),

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Case No. 2:16-CV-403 JCM (PAL)
ORDER

v.
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND
THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR,

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Defendant(s).

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Presently before the court is case no. 2:16-cv-00403-JCM-PAL. On February 21,

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2017, this court ordered that the stay in this case would be lifted and that the court would begin

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considering the outstanding dispositive motions in this case. (ECF No. 42).
The court notes that the December 9, 2016, declaration of David Becker indicated the

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following:
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On September 14, 2016, [Mr. Becker] spoke with Troy Flake, Assistant United
States Attorney and counsel for federal defendants, who advised me that the federal
defendants would agree to release all of the documents that they had improperly
withheld since Basin and Range Watch’s February 26, 2015 FOIA request. Mr.
Flake asserted that Tonopah Solar (the submitter of the requested information) had
withdrawn its objection to release of the documents.

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(ECF No. 33 at 2).
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James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge

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Accordingly,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that, within seven (7) days of

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this order, the parties shall submit a declaration or stipulation to the court identifying the contested

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materials, if any, that have been provided by defendants to plaintiff since August 9, 2016—the

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date of plaintiff’s cross-motion for summary judgment.
DATED March 1, 2017.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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James C. Mahan
U.S. District Judge

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