Slawson Exploration Company, Inc. v. United States Department of the Interior et alMOTION to Continue to StayD.N.D.October 25, 20171 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NORTH DAKOTA WESTERN DIVISION Slawson Exploration Company, Inc., Plaintiff, v. United States Department of the Interior; Ryan Zinke, in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; Interior Board of Land Appeals; and Administrative Judge James K. Jackson, Defendants. Case No. 1:17-cv-00166 FEDERAL DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO CONTINUE TO STAY FEDERAL PROCEEDINGS TO ALLOW ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS The United States of America by Christopher C. Myers, United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota, and James Patrick Thomas and Tara Vavrosky Iversen, Assistant United States Attorneys, on behalf of the United States Department of the Interior; Ryan Zinke, in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; Interior Board of Land Appeals; and Administrative Law Judge James K. Jackson in his official capacity (collectively “Federal Defendants”), moves the Court for an order continuing to stay these proceedings and all deadlines and hearings associated with the remainder of this action following the Court’s determination of The Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation’s Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 28), with the exception of allowing the parties and the Court to address the TRO/preliminary injunction issue, if necessary, for the purpose of allowing the on-going administrative review process to proceed. Case 1:17-cv-00166-DLH-CSM Document 30 Filed 10/25/17 Page 1 of 2 2 This motion is brought in the interest of judicial economy and on grounds more fully discussed in Federal Defendants’ Response to The Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction and in Support of Federal Defendants’ Motion to Continue to Stay Federal Proceedings to Allow Administrative Proceedings, filed herewith. Dated: October 25, 2017. CHRISTOPHER C. MYERS UNITED STATES ATTORNEY /By: s/ James Patrick Thomas JAMES PATRICK THOMAS Assistant United States Attorney ND Bar Board ID No. 06014 P.O. Box 699 Bismarck, ND 58502-0699 (701) 530-2420 james.p.thomas@usdoj.gov TARA VAVROSKY IVERSEN Assistant United States Attorney MN Bar Board ID No. 0387790 Quentin N. Burdick United States Courthouse 655 First Avenue North - Suite 250 Fargo, ND 58102-4932 (701) 297-7400 Tara.Iversen@usdoj.gov Attorneys for Federal Defendants Case 1:17-cv-00166-DLH-CSM Document 30 Filed 10/25/17 Page 2 of 2
