Holley et al v. The United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs et al

Filing 11

ORDER Granting 9 Motion to Admit Government Attorney. Attorney Michelle Ramus added for Darryl LaCounte and The United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Signed by Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey on 9/24/2024. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - RJDG)

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1 JASON M. FRIERSON United States Attorney 2 District of Nevada Nevada Bar No. 7709 3 KARISSA D. NEFF Assistant United States Attorney 4 Nevada Bar No. 9133 501 Las Vegas Blvd. So., Suite 1100 5 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 (702) 388-6271 6 Karissa.Neff@usdoj.gov 7 Attorneys for the United States 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DISTRICT OF NEVADA JOSEPH HOLLEY INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THE TE-MOAK TRIBE OF WESTERN SHOSHONE INDIANS OF NEVADA as Tribal Council Chairman, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS; and DARRYL LACOUNTE, as Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Case No. 2:24-CV-01629-JAD-DJA Motion to Admit Government Attorney to Practice in the District of Nevada for the Duration of Attorney’s Government Employment [ECF No. 9] Defendants. Pursuant to LR IA 11-3, the United States of America respectfully requests that the 21 Court admit Government attorney Michelle Ramus to practice in the District of Nevada for 22 the above-captioned case and in all matters in this district during her period of employment 23 by the United States. Ms. Ramus will represent the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau 24 of Indian Affairs, and Darryl LaCounte, in his official capacity as the Director of the Bureau 25 of Indian Affairs (collectively, “Federal Defendants”) in this matter. 26 27 28 Local Rule IA 11-3 provides: Unless the court orders otherwise, any attorney who is a member in good standing of the highest court of any state, commonwealth, territory, or the District of Columbia, who is employed by the United States as an attorney and has occasion to appear in this court on behalf of the United States, is entitled to be permitted to practice before this court during the period of employment upon motion by the employing federal entity, the United States Attorney, the United States Trustee’s Office, or the Federal Public Defender for this district or one of the assistants. 1 2 3 4 Ms. Ramus is a licensed attorney and a member in good standing of the District of 5 Columbia Bar (Bar No. 1617481). Ms. Ramus is a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Department 6 of Justice in the Environment and Natural Resources Division, Natural Resources Section, 7 in Washington, D.C. Her contact information is as follows: 8 P.O. Box 7611 Washington, D.C. 20044-7611 Telephone: (202) 514-2598 Email: Michelle.Ramus@usdoj.gov 9 10 11 Accordingly, the United States respectfully requests that the Court admit Michelle 12 Ramus to practice in the District of Nevada for the duration of her employment by the United 13 States. 14 15 16 17 18 Respectfully submitted this 24th day of September 2024. JASON M. FRIERSON United States Attorney /s/ Karissa D. Neff KARISSA D. NEFF Assistant United States Attorney 19 20 IT IS SO ORDERED: 21 22 23 24 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE DATED: September 24, 2024 25 26 27 28 2

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