UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
SoLENEX LLC, )
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Plainriff, )
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v. ) Civil Case No. 13-0993 (RJL)
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SALLY JEWELL et al., )
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Defendants. )
) sEP 2 h 2018
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(Septernbelq, 2018) [Dkts ## 89, 93]
Plaintiff Solenex LLC (“Solenex”), the holder of a federal oil and gas lease in
Montana, brings suit against the Secretary of the lnterior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the
Director of the Bureau of Land Management, the Chief of the Forest Service, and several
other subordinate federal officials (collectively, “federal defendants” or “the Government”)
relating to the Government’s cancellation of its lease after suspending all oil and gas
drilling and extraction activity on that lease for more than thirty years. See First Arnend.
Cornpl. [Dl