Citizens for Clean Energy v. United States Department of the Interior, CV 17-30-BMM. (2017)
Court: District Court, D. Montana
Number: infdco20170605b36
Visitors: 19
Filed: Jun. 02, 2017
Latest Update: Jun. 02, 2017
Summary: ORDER BRIAN MORRIS , District Judge . Before the Court is a joint motion of the parties, filed May 31, 2017, requesting an order consolidating civil action number CV 17-42-BMM with this case and setting a single case management schedule for both actions. The Court has reviewed the parties' proposals and hereby enters the following order: 1. For good cause shown, State of California et al. v. Zinke et al. , No. CV 17-42-BMM (D. Mont., filed May 9, 2011), is hereby consolidated with this ac
Summary: ORDER BRIAN MORRIS , District Judge . Before the Court is a joint motion of the parties, filed May 31, 2017, requesting an order consolidating civil action number CV 17-42-BMM with this case and setting a single case management schedule for both actions. The Court has reviewed the parties' proposals and hereby enters the following order: 1. For good cause shown, State of California et al. v. Zinke et al. , No. CV 17-42-BMM (D. Mont., filed May 9, 2011), is hereby consolidated with this act..
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ORDER
BRIAN MORRIS, District Judge.
Before the Court is a joint motion of the parties, filed May 31, 2017, requesting an order consolidating civil action number CV 17-42-BMM with this case and setting a single case management schedule for both actions. The Court has reviewed the parties' proposals and hereby enters the following order:
1. For good cause shown, State of California et al. v. Zinke et al., No. CV 17-42-BMM (D. Mont., filed May 9, 2011), is hereby consolidated with this action, No. CV 17-30-BMM (D. Mont., filed Mar. 29, 2017), for purposes of briefing and argument, with this action designated as the lead case, to which all filings shall henceforth be made.
2. Federal Defendants shall file an answer to the complaint by July 18, 2017. Intervenor the State of Wyoming shall file an answer to the complaint by July 25, 2017. This same deadline shall apply to any additional intervenors who are granted party status by the Court.
3. In regard to the administrative record of the agency action challenged in this case, the following schedule shall apply:
Deadline for Federal Defendants to
serve the administrative record on
the parties August 11, 2017
Deadline for any motions to
supplement or complete the record September 22, 2017
Deadline for Federal Defendants to
lodge the administrative record with
the Court and, if it has been revised, to
serve the revised record on the parties September 29, 2017
4. The following schedule and word limits shall apply to summary judgment briefing:
Opening Brief of Plaintiffs in
CV-17-30 (9,000 words) October 20, 2017
Opening Brief of Plaintiffs in
CV-17-42 (9,000 words) October 20, 2017
Federal Defendants' Cross-Motion
and Opposition Brief (12,000 words) November 17, 2017
Intervenor-Defendant State of
Wyoming's Cross-Motion
and Opposition Brief, in which
prospective Intervenor-Movant State
of Montana may join if granted party
status (7,000 words) November 29, 2017
Prospective Intervenor-Movant National
Mining Association's Cross-Motion
and Opposition Brief, if granted party
status (7,000 words) November 29, 2017
Opposition and Reply Brief of Plaintiff
in CV-17-30 (8,000 words) December 13, 2017
Opposition and Reply Brief of Plaintiffs
in CV-17-42 (8,000 words) December 13, 2017
Federal Defendants' Reply
Brief (7,000 words) January 12, 2018
Intervenor-Defendant State of
Wyoming's Reply Brief, in which
prospective Intervenor-Movant State
of Montana may join if granted party
status (4,000 words) January 19, 2018
Prospective Intervenor-Movant National
Mining Association's Reply Brief, if
granted party status (4,000 words) January 19, 2018
5. Because this case calls for review of agency action based on an administrative record, see 5 U.S.C. § 706, the parties are hereby relieved of the obligation, set forth in local rule 56.1(a) and (b), of filing Statements of Undisputed Facts and Statements of Disputed Facts in conjunction with summary judgment briefing. Instead, the parties shall provide appropriate factual background in their respective briefs and shall do so within the word limits authorized above.
6. Plaintiffs in civil action CV 17-30-BMM and Plaintiffs in civil action CV 17-42-BMM will each be permitted separate time for argument at any hearings. Likewise, Federal Defendants, Defendant-Intervenor State of Wyoming, and any additional intervenors who are granted party status by the Court, will each be permitted separate time for argument at any hearings.
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