Solenex LLC v. Zinke

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SoLENEX LLC, ) ) Plainriff, ) ) . v. ) Civil Case No. 13-0993 (RJL) ) SALLY JEWELL et al., ) ) FILED Defendants. ) ) sEP 2 h 2018 C| k,U.S. Dl t` t&B kru tcy MEMOI!ANDUM OPIN10N wills torthe%!;inm?%.,¢.,¥,.m (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