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Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic v. Bureau of Land Management

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / Alaska
Year
2023
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management

About this case

Filing year
2023
Status
Motion to voluntarily dismiss appeal filed by Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic et al.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → Alaska
Docket number
23-35226, 23-26227
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Federal Courts → United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.)
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims (US) → Endangered Species Act and Other Wildlife Protection Statutes (US)Federal Statutory Claims (US) → NEPA (US)Federal Statutory Claims (US) → Other Statutes and Regulations (US)
Principal law
United States → Administrative Procedure Act (APA)United States → Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation ActUnited States → Endangered Species Act (ESA)United States → National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)United States → National Petroleum Reserves Production Act
At issue
Challenge to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s 2023 approval of the Willow Master Development Plan in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Topics
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Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics 
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04/28/2023
Motion to voluntarily dismiss appeal filed by Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic et al.
On April 28, the plaintiffs requested voluntary dismissal of their appeals of the denial of the injunction. The plaintiffs said they had conferred with the proponent of the project and learned that winter construction activities would be completed the week of May 1 and that major construction activities would not resume until the winter freeze-up in late 2023, allowing the plaintiffs to seek a briefing schedule that would make it possible for the district court to resolve the case before commencement of further ground-disturbing activities.
Motion To Dismiss
04/28/2023
Motion to voluntarily dismiss appeal filed by Center for Biological Diversity et al.
Motion To Dismiss
04/19/2023
Motions for injunctive relief pending appeal denied.
On April 19, 2023, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied emergency motions for an injunction pending appeal of the denial of a preliminary injunction to block work on the Willow Project, an oil and gas development project in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.
Decision
04/14/2023
Reply filed by Center for Biological Diversity et al. in support of emergency motion.
Reply
04/14/2023
Amicus curiae brief filed by Alaska congressional delegation and Alaska State Legislature in support of opposition to emergency motion.
Amicus Motion/Brief
04/14/2023
Reply filed in support of emergency motion by Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic et al.
Reply
04/13/2023
Opposition filed by Arctic Slope Regional Corporation to appellants' motions for preliminary injunction.
Opposition
04/13/2023
Opposition filed by State of Alaska to plaintiffs' motion for injunction pending appeal.
Opposition
04/13/2023
Opposition filed by ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. to motions for injunction pending appeal.
Opposition
04/13/2023
Opposition filed by federal defendants to plaintiffs' motions for injunction pending appeal.
Opposition
04/13/2023
Opposition filed by Kuukpik Corporation to appellants' motions for injunction pending appeal.
Opposition
04/13/2023
Response filed by North Slope Borough in opposition to motions for injunction pending appeal.
Opposition
04/06/2023
Emergency motion filed by Center for Biological Diversity et al.
Motion
04/05/2023
Emergency motion filed by Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic.
Motion

Summary

Challenge to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s 2023 approval of the Willow Master Development Plan in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.

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Policy instrument
Risk
Impacted group
Just transition
Fossil fuel
Greenhouse gas
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance