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70061346.1 

C. Marie Eckert, OSB No. 883490 

marie.eckert@millernash.com 

Suzanne C. Lacampagne, OSB No. 951705

suzanne.lacampagne@millernash.com 

MILLER NASH GRAHAM & DUNN LLP 

3400 U.S. Bancorp Tower 

111 S.W. Fifth Avenue 

Portland, Oregon 97204 

Telephone: (503) 224-5858 

Facsimile: (503) 224-0155 

Roger R. Martella, Jr. 

rmartella@sidley.com 

Quin M. Sorenson 

qsorenson@sidley.com 

Benjamin E. Tannen 

btannen@sidley.com 

(to be specially admitted)

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

1501 K Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Telephone: (202) 736-8000 

Facsimile: (202) 736-8711 

Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendants 

 The National Association of Manufacturers, 

 American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, 

and American Petroleum Institute 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

DISTRICT OF OREGON 

EUGENE DIVISION 

KELSEY CASCADIA ROSE JULIANA, et 

al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 6:15-cv-01517-TC 

MOTION TO DISMISS 

 

Request for Oral Argument 

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MOTION TO DISMISS

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6), Intervenor-Defendants move the Court 

to dismiss Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief (Doc. 7). 

Pursuant to Local Rule 7-1, the Intervenor-Defendants have conferred with counsel for both 

Defendants and Plaintiffs regarding this motion, and have been advised that the Defendants do 

not oppose the motion while the Plaintiffs object to the motion. 

The grounds for this motion are that Plaintiffs fail to state a claim upon which relief can 

be granted as Plaintiffs lack a federal cause of action, and they do not and cannot plead the 

required elements of a valid federal cause of action. Additionally, no court has jurisdiction over 

Plaintiffs’ claim as Plaintiffs’ suit raises non-justiciable political questions and Plaintiffs lack 

standing. This motion is based on the accompanying memorandum of law, the pleadings, and 

other papers on file in this action, and on such other argument as may be presented to the Court 

on reply. 

WHEREFORE, Intervenor-Defendants respectfully request that their motion to dismiss 

be granted. 

DATED this 12th day of November, 2015. 

 

 MILLER NASH GRAHAM & DUNN LLP 

 /s/ C. Marie Eckert 

C. Marie Eckert, OSB No. 883490 

marie.eckert@millernash.com 

Suzanne C. Lacampagne, OSB No. 951705 

suzanne.lacampagne@millernash.com 

Telephone: (503) 224-5858 

Facsimile: (503) 224-0155 

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 

Roger R. Martella, Jr. 

rmartella@sidley.com 

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Quin M. Sorenson 

Benjamin E. Tannen

(to be specially admitted)

1501 K Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Telephone: (202) 736-8000 

Facsimile: (202) 736-8711 

Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendants The National 

Association of Manufacturers, American Fuel & 

Petrochemical Manufacturers, and American 

Petroleum Institute 

MANUFACTURERS’ CENTER FOR LEGAL 

ACTION 

Linda E. Kelly 

Quentin Riegel 

qriegel@nam.org 

733 10th Street, NW, Suite 700 

Washington, DC 20001 

Telephone: (202) 637-3000 

Facsimile: (202) 637-3182 

AMERICAN FUEL & PETROCHEMICAL 

MANUFACTURERS 

Richard Moskowitz 

RMoskowitz@afpm.org 

1667 K Street, NW, Suite 700 

Washington, DC 20006 

Telephone: (202) 457-0480 

Facsimile: (202) 457-0486

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Page 1 - Certificate of Service 

MILLER NASH GRAHAM & DUNN LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW 

T: 503.224.5858 | F: 503.224.0155 

3400 U.S. BANCORP TOWER 

111 S.W. FIFTH AVENUE 

PORTLAND, OREGON 97204 

I hereby certify that I served the foregoing Motion to Dismiss on: 

Julia A. Olson 

Wild Earth Advocates 

1216 Lincoln Street 

Eugene, Oregon 97401 

E-mail: juliaaolson@gmail.com 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

Daniel M. Galpern Law Offices of Daniel M. Galpern 

1641 Oak Street 

Eugene, Oregon 97401 

E-mail: dan.galpern@gmail.com 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

Philip L. Gregory Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP 

840 Malcolm Road 

Burlingame, California 94010 

E-mail: pgregory@cpmlegal.com 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

Justin Torres

U.S. Department of Justice 

Environment & Natural Resources 

Division 

Natural Resources Section 

601 D. Street NW 

Washington, D.C. 20044 

E-mail: justin.torres@usdoj.gov 

Attorney for Defendants 

by the following indicated method or methods on the date set forth below: 

 CM/ECF system transmission. 

 E-mail. As required by Local Rule 5.2, any interrogatories, requests for 

production, or requests for admission were e-mailed in Word or WordPerfect 

format, not in PDF, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. 

 Facsimile communication device.

 First-class mail, postage prepaid.

 Hand-delivery.

DATED this 12th day of November, 2015. 

/s/ C. Marie Eckert 

C. Marie Eckert, P.C. 

Oregon State Bar No. 883490 

Of Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendants The 

National Association of Manufacturers, 

American Fuel & Petrochemical 

Manufacturers, and American Petroleum 

Institute 

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