Judge denies bid to move lawsuit over Trump national monument rollbacks to Utah
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., Monday denied the Trump administration’s attempt to move lawsuits challenging President Trump’s national monument rollbacks to a Utah court.
In a brief order that did not explain her reasoning, Judge Tanya Chutkan said she wouldn’t move the three cases challenging Trump’s cuts to the Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.
The Justice Department argued that since the protected areas are in Utah, the case would be appropriately heard in federal court there.
“The presidential proclamation modifying the monument was signed in Utah; the implementation of the proclamation will occur in Utah; and that implementation will most directly affect Utah residents,” attorneys for Trump wrote in similar motions in the various cases.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/408147-judge-denies-bid-to-move-lawsuit-over-trump-national-monument
