Bark v. Northrop

OPINION AND ORDER

AIKEN, Chief Judge:

Plaintiffs Bark, Friends of Mount Hood, the Northwest Environmental Defense Center, and the Sierra Club filed suit against defendants Lisa Northrop, Bill Westbrook, Kent Connaughton, and the United States Forest Service, alleging violations of the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) and the National Forest Management Act (“NFMA”). The Court subsequently granted defendants’ and defendant-intervenor RLK and Company’s (“RLK”) motions for protection, thereby precluding plaintiffs from engaging in discovery and limiting review of plaintiffs’ claims to the…