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Litigation

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

Date
2023
Geography
Alaska
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
Docket number
23-35226, 23-26227
Court/admin entity
United States → Federal Courts → 9th Cir.
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims → Endangered Species Act and Other Wildlife Protection StatutesFederal Statutory Claims → NEPAFederal Statutory Claims → Other Statutes and Regulations
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.

Documents

Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Document
Summary
04/28/2023
Motion To Dismiss
Motion to voluntarily dismiss appeal filed by Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic et al.
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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.
04/28/2023
Motion To Dismiss
Motion to voluntarily dismiss appeal filed by Center for Biological Diversity et al.
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04/19/2023
Decision
Motions for injunctive relief pending appeal denied.
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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.
04/14/2023
Reply
Reply filed by Center for Biological Diversity et al. in support of emergency motion.
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04/14/2023
Amicus Motion/Brief
Amicus curiae brief filed by Alaska congressional delegation and Alaska State Legislature in support of opposition to emergency motion.
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04/14/2023
Reply
Reply filed in support of emergency motion by Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic et al.
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04/13/2023
Opposition
Opposition filed by Arctic Slope Regional Corporation to appellants' motions for preliminary injunction.
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04/13/2023
Opposition
Opposition filed by State of Alaska to plaintiffs' motion for injunction pending appeal.
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04/13/2023
Opposition
Opposition filed by ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc. to motions for injunction pending appeal.
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04/13/2023
Opposition
Opposition filed by federal defendants to plaintiffs' motions for injunction pending appeal.
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04/13/2023
Opposition
Opposition filed by Kuukpik Corporation to appellants' motions for injunction pending appeal.
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04/13/2023
Opposition
Response filed by North Slope Borough in opposition to motions for injunction pending appeal.
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04/06/2023
Motion
Emergency motion filed by Center for Biological Diversity et al.
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04/05/2023
Motion
Emergency motion filed by Sovereign Iñupiat for a Living Arctic.
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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.