LITTLEFIELD v. US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Case No. 22-CV-10273-AK.

656 F.Supp.3d 280 (2023)

David LITTLEFIELD, Michelle Littlefield, Tracy Acord, Deborah Canary, Francis Canary Jr., Veronica Casey, Patricia Colbert, Vivian Courcy, Will Courcy, Donna Defaria, Antonio Defaria, Kim Dorsey, Kelly Dorsey, Francis Lagace, Jill Lagace, David Lewry, Kathleen Lewry, Michele Lewry, Richard Lewry, Robert Lincoln, Christina Almeida, Carol Murphy, Dorothy Peirce, and David Purdy, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; Debra A. Haaland, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Interior; Bureau of Indian Affairs; and Bryan Newland, in his official capacity as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, Defendants, and Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, Intervenor-Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

Signed February 10, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Apfel , Goodwin Procter, LLP, Boston, MA, David H. Tennant , Pro Hac Vice, Law Office of David Tennant PLLC, Rochester, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Rebecca M. Ross , United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Charmayne Staloff , Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, Marisa Hazell , DOJ-Enrd, Denver, CO, for Defendant United States Department of the Interior.

Rebecca M. Ross , United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Charmayne Staloff , Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants Debra A. Haaland, Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior of the United States of America, Bryan Newland.

Samuel Daughety , Pro Hac Vice, Tami Lyn Azorsky , V. Heather Sibbison , Pro Hac Vice, Dentons U.S. LLP, Washington, DC, Suzanne R. Schaeffer , Pro Hac Vice, Dentons U.S. L.L.P., Washington, DC, Philip A. O'Connell, Jr. , Dentons U.S. LLP, Boston, MA, for Intervenor-Defendant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON CROSS MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

This is a challenge to a decision of the United States Secretary of the Interior (the "Secretary")1 brought under the Administrative Procedure Act. In December 2021, the Secretary issued...

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