Sierra Club v. Hoffman et al
Plaintiff: Sierra Club and Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Defendant: Kent Hoffman, U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Department of the Interior
Petitioner: Emery County Coal Resources
Case Number: 4:2022cv00037
Filed: June 10, 2022
Court: US District Court for the District of Utah
Presiding Judge: Paul Kohler
Referring Judge: David Nuffer
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 42 U.S.C. § 4321 Review of Agency Action-Environment
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
August 8, 2022 Filing 34 The deadline for submission of Consent/Reassignment forms has now passed. One or more of the parties failed to file, therefore the case is ineligible for magistrate assignment. Case randomly assigned to Judge David Nuffer. Magistrate Judge Paul Kohler no longer assigned to the case. (alf)
August 4, 2022 Filing 33 RECEIVED Consent/Reassignment Form from Plaintiffs Sierra Club, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. (alf)
August 1, 2022 Filing 32 REPLY to Response to Motion re #6 MOTION to Intervene and Memorandum in Support and Entry of Apperance of Counsel filed by Movant Emery County Coal Resources. (Dragoo, Denise)
July 22, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 31 ORDER granting #30 Motion to Vacate #12 Order to Propose Schedule. The case shall proceed in accordance with DUCivR 7-4. Signed by Magistrate Judge Paul Kohler on 07/22/2022. (jl)
July 21, 2022 Filing 30 MOTION to Vacate #12 Order to Propose Schedule, and Memorandum in Support (Unopposed) filed by Defendants Kent Hoffman, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior. (Attachments: #1 Text of Proposed Order)(Turcke, Paul)
July 19, 2022 Filing 29 RESPONSE to Motion re #6 MOTION to Intervene and Memorandum in Support and Entry of Apperance of Counsel filed by Plaintiffs Sierra Club, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. (Newell, Landon)
July 19, 2022 Filing 28 RESPONSE to Motion re #6 MOTION to Intervene and Memorandum in Support and Entry of Apperance of Counsel filed by Defendants Kent Hoffman, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior. (Turcke, Paul)
July 15, 2022 Filing 27 **RESTRICTED DOCUMENT**Summons Issued Electronically as to Attorney General Merrick Garland. Instructions to Counsel:1. Click on the document number.2. If you are prompted for an ECF login, enter your 'Attorney' login to CM/ECF.3. Print the issued summons for service. (ks)
July 15, 2022 Filing 26 **RESTRICTED DOCUMENT**Summons Issued Electronically as to U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Instructions to Counsel:1. Click on the document number.2. If you are prompted for an ECF login, enter your 'Attorney' login to CM/ECF.3. Print the issued summons for service. (ks)
July 15, 2022 Filing 25 **RESTRICTED DOCUMENT**Summons Issued Electronically as to Kent Hoffman. Instructions to Counsel:1. Click on the document number.2. If you are prompted for an ECF login, enter your 'Attorney' login to CM/ECF.3. Print the issued summons for service. (ks)
July 15, 2022 Filing 24 **RESTRICTED DOCUMENT**Summons Issued Electronically as to U.S. Attorney. Instructions to Counsel:1. Click on the document number.2. If you are prompted for an ECF login, enter your 'Attorney' login to CM/ECF.3. Print the issued summons for service. (ks)
July 15, 2022 Filing 23 **RESTRICTED DOCUMENT**Summons Issued Electronically as to U.S. Department of the Interior. Instructions to Counsel:1. Click on the document number.2. If you are prompted for an ECF login, enter your 'Attorney' login to CM/ECF.3. Print the issued summons for service. (ks)
July 14, 2022 Filing 22 RECEIVED Consent/Reassignment Form from Movant Emery County Coal Resources. (mh)
July 14, 2022 Filing 21 NOTICE OF ADR, e-mailed or mailed to Movant Emery County Coal Resources, Defendants Kent Hoffman, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, Plaintiffs Sierra Club, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. (mh)
July 14, 2022 Filing 20 NOTICE - This case is assigned to a magistrate judge. Under 28 U.S.C. 636(c) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 73, you are hereby notified that a magistrate judge for the District of Utah may conduct any or all proceedings in this case, including a jury or bench trial and entry of a final judgment. Exercise of this jurisdiction by the magistrate judge is permitted only if all parties voluntarily sign and return #the form on this link To consent, return the Consent Form to the clerk's office within 21 days via email at consents@utd.uscourts.gov or mail at the address on the form and place Attention: Consent Clerk on the envelope. Please do not file the Consent Form in the case.Notice e-mailed or mailed to Movant Emery County Coal Resources, Defendants Kent Hoffman, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, Plaintiffs Sierra Club, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. Form due by 8/4/2022. (mh)
July 14, 2022 Filing 19 NOTICE of Appearance by Landon C. Newell on behalf of Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (Newell, Landon)
July 14, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 18 ORDER granting #15 Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Attorney Melissa A. Hornbein for Sierra Club and for Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance.Attorneys admitted Pro Hac Vice must register to efile and receive electronic notification of case activity in the District of Utah at #https://www.pacer.uscourts.gov/cmecf/dcbk.html. Instructions are available at #https://www.utd.uscourts.gov/cmecf-electronic-case-filing.Attorneys admitted Pro Hac Vice may download a copy of the District of Utahs local rules from the courts web site at #https://www.utd.uscourts.gov/rules-practice. Signed by Magistrate Judge Paul Kohler on 07/13/2022. (jl)
July 14, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 17 ORDER granting #14 Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Attorney Barbara L. Chillcott for Sierra Club and for Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance.Attorneys admitted Pro Hac Vice must register to efile and receive electronic notification of case activity in the District of Utah at #https://www.pacer.uscourts.gov/cmecf/dcbk.html. Instructions are available at #https://www.utd.uscourts.gov/cmecf-electronic-case-filing.Attorneys admitted Pro Hac Vice may download a copy of the District of Utahs local rules from the courts web site at #https://www.utd.uscourts.gov/rules-practice. Signed by Magistrate Judge Paul Kohler on 07/13/2022. (jl)
July 13, 2022 Filing 16 NOTICE of Appearance by Paul A. Turcke on behalf of Kent Hoffman, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior (Turcke, Paul)
July 12, 2022 Filing 15 MOTION for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Melissa A. Hornbein , Registration fee $ 250, receipt number AUTDC-4389318,Attorneys awaiting Pro Hac Vice admission should immediately register to efile and receive electronic notification of case activity in the District of Utah at #https://www.pacer.uscourts.gov/cmecf/dcbk.html.Registration requests will not be approved until the court has granted the pro hac vice motion. Instructions are available on the court's website at #https://www.utd.uscourts.gov/cmecf-electronic-case-filing. filed by Plaintiff Sierra Club. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit PHV Application Hornbein, #2 Text of Proposed Order Granting Motion)(Garrett, Aaron)
July 12, 2022 Filing 14 MOTION for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Barbara L. Chillcott , Registration fee $ 250, receipt number AUTDC-4389298,Attorneys awaiting Pro Hac Vice admission should immediately register to efile and receive electronic notification of case activity in the District of Utah at #https://www.pacer.uscourts.gov/cmecf/dcbk.html.Registration requests will not be approved until the court has granted the pro hac vice motion. Instructions are available on the court's website at #https://www.utd.uscourts.gov/cmecf-electronic-case-filing. filed by Plaintiff Sierra Club. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit PHV Application Chillcott, #2 Text of Proposed Order Granting Motion)(Garrett, Aaron)
July 12, 2022 Filing 13 AMENDED COMPLAINT against All Defendants. New Plaintiffs: Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. filed by Sierra Club. (Garrett, Aaron)
July 11, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 12 ORDER TO PROPOSE SCHEDULE and Prepare for Case Management Conference - Plaintiff must propose a schedule to defendant in the form of a draft Attorney Planning Meeting Report within the earlier of fourteen(14) days after any defendant has appeared or twenty-eight (28) days after any defendant has been served with the complaint. See order for additional instructions. Signed by Magistrate Judge Paul Kohler on 07/11/2022. (jl)
July 7, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 11 ORDER granting #9 Motion for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply re #6 MOTION to Intervene and Memorandum in Support and Entry of Apperance of Counsel Plaintiff's Opposition Memorandum due by 7/20/2022. Proposed Intervenor Reply in Support due by 8/3/2022. Signed by Magistrate Judge Paul Kohler on 7/7/22. (alf)
July 6, 2022 Filing 10 Modification of Docket re #9 Motion for Extension of Time: Error: Docketing Clerk failed to add the Proposed Order. Correction: It has now been added to the docket entry. (alf)
July 6, 2022 Filing 9 MOTION for Extension of Time to File Response/Reply as to #6 MOTION to Intervene filed by Plaintiff Sierra Club. (alf) (Additional attachment(s) added on 7/6/2022: #1 Text of Proposed Order) (alf).
July 5, 2022 Filing 8 NOTICE of Appearance by James P. Allen on behalf of Emery County Coal Resources (Allen, James)
June 22, 2022 Filing 7 NOTICE of Appearance by Paul W. Shakespear on behalf of Emery County Coal Resources (Shakespear, Paul)
June 22, 2022 Filing 6 MOTION to Intervene and Memorandum in Support and Entry of Apperance of Counsel filed by Movant Emery County Coal Resources. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - UTU-14218 Lease Modification, #2 Exhibit A - UTU-0126947 Lease Modification, #3 Exhibit B - proposed Intervenor Emery County Coal Resources, Inc.s Statement Denying Arbitrary and Capricious Agency Action) Attorney Denise A. Dragoo added to party Emery County Coal Resources(pty:mov)(Dragoo, Denise)
June 13, 2022 Opinion or Order Filing 5 ORDER granting #3 Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Attorney Nathaniel Thomas Shoaff for Sierra Club.Attorneys admitted Pro Hac Vice must register to efile and receive electronic notification of case activity in the District of Utah at #https://www.pacer.uscourts.gov/cmecf/dcbk.html. Instructions are available at #https://www.utd.uscourts.gov/cmecf-electronic-case-filing.Attorneys admitted Pro Hac Vice may download a copy of the District of Utahs local rules from the courts web site at #https://www.utd.uscourts.gov/rules-practice. Signed by Magistrate Judge Paul Kohler on 6/13/22. (alf)
June 10, 2022 Filing 4 NOTICE OF REQUIREMENTS for appearance phv mailed to attorney Nathaniel Shoaff, for Plaintiff Sierra Club. (mh)
June 10, 2022 Filing 3 MOTION for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Nathaniel Shoaff , Registration fee $ 250, receipt number AUTDC-4359061,Attorneys awaiting Pro Hac Vice admission should immediately register to efile and receive electronic notification of case activity in the District of Utah at #https://www.pacer.uscourts.gov/cmecf/dcbk.html.Registration requests will not be approved until the court has granted the pro hac vice motion. Instructions are available on the court's website at #https://www.utd.uscourts.gov/cmecf-electronic-case-filing. filed by Plaintiff Sierra Club. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Application for Admission, #2 Exhibit B - Proposed Order, #3 Exhibit C - ECF Registration Form)(Garrett, Aaron)
June 10, 2022 Filing 2 COMPLAINT for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief against All Defendants (Filing fee $ 402, receipt number AUTDC-4359009) filed by Sierra Club. (Attachments: #1 Civil Cover Sheet for new case) Assigned to Magistrate Judge Paul Kohler (Garrett, Aaron)
June 10, 2022 Filing 1 Case has been indexed and assigned to Magistrate Judge Paul Kohler. Plaintiff Sierra Club is directed to E-File the Complaint and cover sheet (found under Complaints and Other Initiating Documents) and pay the filing fee of $ 402 by the end of the business day.NOTE: The court will not have jurisdiction until the opening document is electronically filed and the filing fee paid in the CM/ECF system. Civil Summons may be issued electronically. Prepare the summons using the courts #PDF version and email it to utdecf_clerk@utd.uscourts.gov for issuance. (mh)

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Plaintiff: Sierra Club
Represented By: Aaron C. Garrett
Represented By: Barbara L. Chillcott
Represented By: Landon C. Newell
Represented By: Melissa A. Hornbein
Represented By: Nathaniel Thomas Shoaff
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Plaintiff: Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance
Represented By: Aaron C. Garrett
Represented By: Barbara L. Chillcott
Represented By: Landon C. Newell
Represented By: Melissa A. Hornbein
Represented By: Nathaniel Thomas Shoaff
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Defendant: Kent Hoffman
Represented By: Paul A. Turcke
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Defendant: U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Represented By: Paul A. Turcke
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Defendant: U.S. Department of the Interior
Represented By: Paul A. Turcke
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Petitioner: Emery County Coal Resources
Represented By: Denise A. Dragoo
Represented By: Paul W. Shakespear
Represented By: James P. Allen
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