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Parties Involved:
Amigos Bravos
Appellee
Center for Biological Diversity
Appellee
Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment
Appellee
Sally Jewell
Appellant
Al Klein
Appellant
Bob Postle
Appellant
San Juan Citizens Alliance
Appellee
Sierra Club
Appellee
The Navajo Nation
Not Party
The Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC
Not Party
United States Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
Appellant
Rick Williamson
Appellant
Mychal Yellowman
Appellant

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

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DINE CITIZENS AGAINST RUINING 

OUR ENVIRONMENT; SAN JUAN 

CITIZENS ALLIANCE; SIERRA CLUB; 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL 

DIVERSITY; AMIGOS BRAVOS, 

 Plaintiffs - Appellees,

v.

UNITED STATES OFFICE OF 

SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION 

AND ENFORCEMENT, an agency within 

the U.S. Department of the Interior; 

SALLY JEWELL, in her official capacity 

as Secretary of the Interior; AL KLEIN, in 

his official capacity as Regional Director of 

the U.S. Offices of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Western 

Region; BOB POSTLE, in his official 

capacity as Manager of the Program 

Support Division for the Western Region 

of the Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement; RICK 

WILLIAMSON, in his official capacity as 

Manager of the Indian Programs Branch of 

the Western Region of the Office of 

Surface Mining Reclamation and 

Enforcement; MYCHAL YELLOWMAN, 

in his official capacity as Navajo Mine 

Team Leader in the Office of Surface 

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 

 Defendants - Appellants.

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THE NAVAJO NATION; THE NAVAJO 

No. 15-1191

(D.C. No. 1:12-CV-01275-JLK)

(D. Colo.)

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

August 18, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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TRANSITIONAL ENERGY COMPANY, 

LLC, 

 Intervenors Defendants.

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DINE CITIZENS AGAINST RUINING 

OUR ENVIRONMENT; SAN JUAN 

CITIZENS ALLIANCE; SIERRA CLUB; 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL 

DIVERSITY; AMIGOS BRAVOS, 

 Plaintiffs - Appellees,

v.

UNITED STATES OFFICE OF 

SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION 

AND ENFORCEMENT, an agency within 

the U.S. Department of the Interior; 

SALLY JEWELL, in her official capacity 

as Secretary of the Interior; AL KLEIN, in 

his official capacity as Regional Director of 

the U.S. Offices of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement, Western 

Region; BOB POSTLE, in his official 

capacity as Manager of the Program 

Support Division for the Western Region 

of the Office of Surface Mining 

Reclamation and Enforcement; RICK 

WILLIAMSON, in his official capacity as 

Manager of the Indian Programs Branch of 

the Western Region of the Office of 

Surface Mining Reclamation and 

Enforcement; MYCHAL YELLOWMAN, 

in his official capacity as Navajo Mine 

Team Leader in the Office of Surface 

Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 

 Defendants.

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No. 15-1126

(D.C. No. 1:12-CV-01275-JLK)

(D. Colo.)

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THE NAVAJO TRANSITIONAL 

ENERGY COMPANY, LLC, 

 Intervenor Defendant - Appellant,

and

THE NAVAJO NATION, 

 Intervenor Defendant.

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ORDER

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This matter comes on for consideration of the Motion for Voluntary Dismissal of 

appeal no. 15-1191 filed by the appellants in that appeal. Upon consideration thereof, 

appeal no. 15-1191 only is dismissed. See Fed. R. App. P. 42(b). This order shall stand 

as and for the mandate in appeal no. 15-1191 only.

Appeal no. 15-1126 shall proceed. Appellant Navajo Transitional Energy 

Company’s opening brief in appeal no. 15-1126 shall be served and filed within 40 days 

of the date of this order. The appellees in appeal no. 15-1126 shall file their response 

brief within 30 days of the date of service of the opening brief. The appellant may serve 

and file its reply brief within 14 days of service of the response brief. 

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

by: Ellen Rich Reiter

 Jurisdictional Attorney

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