Continental Resources, Inc. v. North Dakota Board of University and School Lands et al

Filing 18

ORDER by Magistrate Judge Charles S. Miller, Jr. finding as moot 15 Motion to Cancel Deadline; granting 16 Motion for Status Conference. (BG)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA
Continental Resources, Inc., an Oklahoma
corporation,
Plaintiff,
vs.
North Dakota Board of University and
School Lands, and the United States of
America,
Defendants.

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ORDER

Case No. 1:17-cv-014

Before the court is a “Motion to Cancel Deadline and Set a Status Conference” filed by the
United States on May 10, 2017. The United States’ response to plaintiff’s Complaint is due on May
12, 2017. It requests that the court cancel its deadline for filing a response so that can assess
legislation recently enacted in North Dakota that addresses ownership of mineral interests in land
submerged by Lake Sakakawea. It further requests that the court hold a status conference with the
parties in sixty to ninety days.
The United States filed an answer on May 12, 2017. Consequently, its request to cancel its
deadline for responding to plaintiff’s complaint (Docket No. 15) is MOOT. Its request for a status
conference (Docket No. 16) is GRANTED. The court shall conduct a status conference with the
parties by telephone on June 7, 2017, at 10:00 a.m. The court shall initiate the conference call.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated this 15th day of May, 2017.
/s/ Charles S. Miller, Jr.
Charles S. Miller, Jr., Magistrate Judge
United States District Court