The Biden administration is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit by three states challenging the Bureau of Land Management’s public lands rule.
The motion, filed late Friday by the Justice Department, argues the states of North Dakota, Idaho and Montana have failed to make sufficient legal claims of harm caused by the rule in their joint federal lawsuit filed in June in the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota.
“Defendants deny each and every allegation in the Complaint,” with the exception of descriptions of the parties in the case and several laws, according to the motion.
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A Justice Department spokesperson said the agency had no comment beyond what’s in the filing.
