Opinion
3:21-cv-00096-wmc 3:21-cv-00306-wmc
04-29-2022
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE, et al., Federal Defendants, AMERICAN TRANSMISSION COMPANY, LLC, et al., Intervenor-Defendants. NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, et al., Federal Defendants, AMERICAN TRANSMISSION COMPANY, LLC, et al., Intervenor-Defendants.
TODD KIM, Assistant Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division, JACOB D. ECKER, ANDREW A. SMITH, DEVON LEA FLANAGAN, MIRANDA M. JENSEN Attorneys for Federal Defendants.
TODD KIM, Assistant Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division, JACOB D. ECKER, ANDREW A. SMITH, DEVON LEA FLANAGAN, MIRANDA M. JENSEN Attorneys for Federal Defendants.
FEDERAL DEFENDANTS' NOTICE OF APPEAL
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that all Federal Defendants in Case No. 3:21-cv-00096-wmc (Rural Utilities Service; Christopher McLean, in his official capacity as Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service; United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Charles Wooley, in his official capacity as Midwest Regional Director; and Sabrina Chandler, in her official capacity as Manager, Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge) and all Federal Defendants in Case No. 3:21-cv-00306-wmc (United States Army Corps of Engineers; Lieutenant General Scott A. Spellmon, in his official capacity as Chief of Engineers and Commanding General for the Corps; Colonel Jesse T. Curry, in his official capacity as Commander and District Engineer, Corps Rock Island District; and Colonel Karl Jansen, in his official capacity as Commander and District Engineer, Corps St. Paul District), through undersigned counsel of record, hereby appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from the District Court's March 1, 2022 “Final Judgment” (ECF No. 195), the District Court's “Amended Final Judgment” (ECF No. 203), and the District Court's January 14, 2022 “Opinion and Order” (ECF No. 175) underlying final judgment.
Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 25(d), Colonel Jesse T. Curry is automatically substituted as a party in place of Colonel Steven Sattinger.