Cobell v. Salazar

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, et al., Plaintiffs,

v. Civil Action No. 96-01285 (TFH)

SALLY JEWELL, Secretary of the Interior, et al.,

Defendants.

ORDER

Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Emergency Motion to Stay Distribution of

Settlement Funds that are Subject to Pending Appeal. Plaintiffs seek to withhold $8.2 million in expense reimbursement claims from the settlement distribution in addition to the $48 million in settlement funds that are already expected to be withheld for various reasons. Upon consideration of the parties’ submissions and the record in this case, it is now ORDERED, that Plaintiffs’ Motion to Stay Distribution [ECF No. 4059] is DENIED.

This Court has previously denied Plaintiffs’ expense application for the funds Plaintiff now seeks to withhold. See Order Granting Final Approval to Settlement, July 26, 2011 [ECF No. 3850]; Order Denying Plaintiffs’ Motion for Reconsideration of Class Representatives’ Expense Application, March 20, 2014 [ECF No. 4034]. Plaintiffs have given this Court no reason to withhold these funds from the settlement distribution.

SO ORDERED.

August 28, 2014 __________________________________ Thomas F. Hogan

Senior United States District Judge