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FILED

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

MAY 15 2024

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PATAGONIA AREA RESOURCE No. 23-16167 ALLIANCE; et al., D.C. No. 4:23-cv-00280-JGZ Plaintiffs-Appellants,

v. MEMORANDUM*

UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE;

KERWIN S. DEWBERRY, Forest Supervisor, Coronado National Forest,

Defendants-Appellees,

and

ARIZONA STANDARD LLC; SOUTH32

HERMOSA, INC., AKA Arizona Minerals, Inc.,

Intervenor-Defendants- Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Jennifer G. Zipps, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 25, 2024 Pasadena, California

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Before: RAWLINSON, LEE, and BRESS, Circuit Judges.

Patagonia Area Resource Alliance, et al. (Appellants), appeal the district

court’s denial of their motion for a preliminary injunction against drilling activities

on two mining projects located within the Coronado National Forest, Arizona

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