A federal judge tossed a lawsuit by Utah political leaders who’d asked the courts to declare Presiden Joe Biden’s expansion of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments unlawful on Friday.
of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante monuments unlawful.
Last summer, state and local officials, including Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes and Gov. Spencer Cox, filed a lawsuit seeking to shrink the recently restored monuments by more than 2 million acres. U.S. District Judge David Nuffer, who ruled on the state’s case, wrote, “In spite of the sincere and deeply held view of the Plaintiffs, there is no relief for them in this action.”
“President Biden’s judgment in drafting and issuing the Proclamations as he sees fit is not an action reviewable by a district court,” he added in Friday’s decision. Nuffer said that the defendants’ — which included federal agencies, Tribal Nations and environmental groups — motion to dismiss Utah’s lawsuit is “hereby GRANTED with prejudice.”
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