Legal Opinion
United States v. U.S. Dist. Court for the Dist. of Or. (In re United States)
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 7, 2018No. 17-71692PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Chief Judge:
*833In this petition for a writ of mandamus, the defendants ask us to direct the district court to dismiss a case seeking various environmental remedies. The defendants argue that allowing the case to proceed will result in burdensome discovery obligations on the federal government that will threaten the separation of powers. We have jurisdiction over this petition pursuant to the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651. Because the defendants have not met the high bar for mandamus relief, we deny the petition.
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Twenty-one young plaintiffs brought suit against the United States, the…
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