Friends of the Crazy Mountains v. Mary Erickson

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 8 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FRIENDS OF THE CRAZY MOUNTAINS, No. 22-35555 a public land organization; et al., D.C. No. 1:19-cv-00066-SPW Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v. MEMORANDUM*

MARY ERICKSON, in her official capacity as Forest Supervisor for the Custer Gallatin National Forest; et al.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Susan P. Watters, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 17, 2023 Portland, Oregon

Before: KOH and SUNG, Circuit Judges, and EZRA,** District Judge.

Plaintiffs allege that in rerouting certain trails in the Custer Gallatin National

Forest (“the Forest”), Defendants violated the National Environmental Policy Act

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable David A. Ezra, United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, sitting by designation. (“NEPA”) and the Administrative…