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Nature of Suit Code: 899
Nature of Suit: Other Statutes - Administrative Procedure Act/Review or Appeal of Agency Decision
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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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RAGS OVER THE ARKANSAS RIVER, 

INC., 

 Petitioner - Appellant,

v.

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 

an agency of the United States; THE 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, an 

agency of the United States; KEITH E. 

BERGER, in his official capacity as Field 

Manager for the Royal Gorge Field Office 

of the Bureau of Land Management; 

THOMAS HEINLEIN, in his official 

capacity as District Manager for the Front 

Range District of the Bureau of Land 

Management; RUTH WELCH, in her 

official capacity as Colorado State Director 

of the Bureau of Land Management; 

SALLY JEWELL, in her official capacity 

as the Secretary of the Department of the 

Interior, 

 Respondents - Appellees.

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OVER THE RIVER CORPORATION, 

 Intervenor Respondent - Appellee.

No. 15-1030

(D.C. No. 1:12-CV-00265-WJM)

(D. Colo.)

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ORDER

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Before HOLMES, BALDOCK, and MATHESON, Circuit Judges.

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FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

February 6, 2017

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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This matter is before the court on the Motion to Dismiss on Grounds of Mootness 

by Appellee Over the River Corporation and the Joint Motion by All Parties for Dismissal 

of the Appeal on Grounds of Mootness and Response by Appellant and Federal Appellees 

to Over the River Corporation’s Motion to Dismiss. Upon careful consideration, the 

motions are granted as follows. 

This appeal is dismissed as moot in light of Over the River Corporation’s decision 

not to pursue the project at issue; its relinquishment of the Bureau of Land Management 

(“BLM”) permit issued for the project; and the BLM’s cancellation of that permit. In 

addition, the court vacates the portion of the district court’s judgment regarding the 

petitioner-appellant’s Federal Land Policy and Management Act (“FLPMA”) claims, and 

remands this matter to the district court with instructions to only dismiss those FLPMA 

claims. A copy of this order shall stand as and for the mandate of the court.

Entered for the Court,

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Chris Wolpert

 Chief Deputy Clerk

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