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Nature of Suit Code: 893
Nature of Suit: Environmental Matters
Cause of Action: 30:1276 Interior: Review of Agency Action

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Center for Biological Diversity; Grand 

Canyon Trust; Sierra Club; Kaibab Band of 

Paiute Indians of the Kaibab Indian 

Reservation; and the Havasupai Tribe, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs. 

Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior; 

United States Bureau of Land Management; 

Denison Arizona Strip, LLC; and Denison 

Mines (USA) Corp., 

Defendants.

No. CV-09-8207-PCT-DGC

ORDER 

 On May 27, 2011, the Court issued an order granting summary judgment in favor 

of Defendants on claims one, two, three, and five of the third amended complaint. 

Doc. 163. With respect to claim four, the case was remanded to BLM for further 

consideration, and BLM was given until June 24, 2011 to revise its decision to apply a 

categorical exclusion to the free use permit. Id. at 26. BLM has submitted its revised 

decision. Doc. 165. A briefing schedule is in place for the parties to address the merits 

of claim four in light of the revised decision and any remedies the Court should impose if 

it grants summary judgment in favor of Plaintiffs. Doc. 163 at 27. 

 Plaintiffs have filed a motion to vacate the briefing schedule (Doc. 168), and have 

requested expedited consideration given that briefing is set to begin on July 22, 2011 (see 

Doc. 163 at 27). The briefing schedule should be extended, Plaintiffs assert, to allow 

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time for Defendants to supplement the administrative record and for Plaintiffs to 

supplement the third amended complaint with a new claim. Doc. 168 at 3. Plaintiff has 

filed a separate motion to supplement (Doc. 169), which the Federal Defendants 

purportedly oppose as unnecessary and futile. 

The Court will grant the motion to vacate the briefing schedule given the 

upcoming deadline of July 22, 2011. A telephonic hearing will be set for July 20, 2011 

at 11:00 a.m. to address how the case should proceed. Counsel for Plaintiff shall initiate 

the conference call. 

IT IS ORDERED:

1. Plaintiffs’ motion to vacate briefing schedule and request for expedited 

consideration (Doc. 168) are granted. 

2. The briefing schedule set forth in the May 27, 2011 order (Doc. 163) is 

vacated. 

3. A telephonic conference is set for July 20, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. Counsel for 

Plaintiff shall initiate the conference call. 

Dated this 15th day of July, 2011. 

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