Tillett v. Bureau of Land Management

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Tillett v. Bureau of Land Management, 586 F. App'x 394 (9th Cir. 2014)

Tillett v. Bureau of Land Management

Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Jerri Joette Tillett appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing her action seeking to enjoin the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) from moving wild horses from the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, including questions of mootness. Sample v. Johnson, 771 F.2d 1335, 1338 (9th Cir. 1985). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Tillett’s action for injunctive relief as moot because the BLM moved the horses during the pendency of this action, and, thus, the district court could no longer provide any meaningful relief. See Gator.com Corp. v. L.L. Bean, Inc., 398 F.3d 1125, 1129 (9th Cir. 2005) (en banc) (a claim is moot where “changes in the circumstances that prevailed at the beginning of litigation have forestalled any occasion for meaningful relief’ (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).

We reject as without merit Tillett’s contention that she was denied due process by the distinct court or by the Interior Board of Land Appeals of the Department of the Interior.

AFFIRMED.

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This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Reference

Full Case Name
Jerri Joette TILLETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, Defendant-Appellee
Status
Unpublished