Riviera Drilling & Exploration Co. v. United States

OPINION

HEWITT, Judge.

Before the court is Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs Amended Complaint (Def.’s Mot. or defendant’s motion), which has been fully briefed.1 Plaintiff Riviera Drilling and Exploration Company, Inc. (Riviera) “has operated and owned several natural gas wells in and around the Gunnison National Forest [(the Forest)], Gunnison County, Colorado, for more than twenty years.” Compl. ¶ 5.2 Plaintiff “accessed these natural gas wells over and across Forest Highway 265 and Forest Road 844.” Id. ¶ 7. Plaintiffs complaint3 alleges that the United States Forest Service (USFS)…