New Mexico Wolf suit Appealed by Wild Earth Guardians

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO

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WILDEARTH GUARDIANS, )

Plaintiff ) 1:12-cv-00118-LFG-KBM

v. )

JAMES LANE, DIRECTOR OF THE NEW MEXICO )

DEPARTMENT OF GAME AND FISH, sued in his )

official capacity, and )

JIM MCCLINTIC, CHAIRMAN OF THE NEW MEXICO )

STATE GAME COMMISSION, sued in his official )

capacity, )

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Defendants, )

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and )

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NEW MEXICO TRAPPERS ASSOCIATION, NEW )

MEXICO COUNCIL OF OUTFITTERS & GUIDES, INC., )

NEW MEXICO FARM & LIVESTOCK BUREAU, )

COALITION OF ARIZONA/NEW MEXICO COUNTIES )

FOR STABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH, UNITED )

SPORTSMEN FOR FISH AND WILDLIFE, INC., NEW )

MEXICO CATTLE GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION, NEW )

MEXICO WOOL GROWERS, INC., AND NEW MEXICO )

FEDERAL LANDS COUNCIL, )

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Defendant-Intervenors. )

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NOTICE OF APPEAL

 

 

 

Notice is hereby given that WildEarth Guardians, Plaintiff in the above named case,

hereby appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit from the final

judgment entered in this action on December 3, 2012.

Dated: December 28, 2012.

Respectfully submitted,

s/ Melissa Anne Hailey

Melissa Anne Hailey

New Mexico State Bar No. 25817

W. Randolph Barnhart, P.C.

50 South Steele Street, Suite 500

Denver, CO 80209

(303) 377-6700

mhailey@rbarnhartlaw.com

James Jay Tutchton

admitted pro hac vice

Colorado Registration No. 21138

WildEarth Guardians

6439 E. Maplewood Ave.

Centennial, CO 80111

(720) 301-3843

jtutchton@wildearthguardians.org

Attorneys for Plaintiff WildEarth Guardians