Legal Affairs Press Releases
- 2023: September, Press Release: Federal Judge orders new Navy Environmental Impact Statement
- 2022: August, Judge Jones Rules Against the Navy in Washington State
- 2022: January, Objections to Magistrate’s Recommendation to Partially Deny COER’s & Spina’s Motion for Summary Judgment
- 2022: January, Federal Defendants’ Objection to Magistrate Report & Recommendations Granting in Part Plaintiff’s Motions for SJ
- 2022: January, Washington’s Objections to Report & Recommendation of Magistrate Judge
- 2020: December, COER Press Release – Federal Magistrate declares EA-18G “Growler” expansion at NAS Whidbey Island violated NEPA
- 2021: December, Federal Magistrate Report and Recommendation
- 2021: June, Press Release: Navy “Loses” Email Complaints on Growler Noise!
- 2021: February, COER Press release — ESA Notice of Intent to Sue
- 2020: August, News Release Navy settles FOIA case with COER
- 2020: August, COER Response to Magistrate
- 2020: July, News Release COER continues efforts to protect communities
- 2020: February, News Release COER files Prelim Injunction
- 2019: July, Washington Attorney General’s NEPA Lawsuit announcement
- 2019: July, COER’s NEPA Lawsuit announcement
- 2019: July, Bricklin & Newman, Attorneys at Law, announcement
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Lawsuit
- 2022: December, Document #138_COER Reply Brief on Remedy
- 2022: December, Document #138-1_Griefen Decl. in Supp. of Reply
- 2022: December, Document #137_Washington’s Reply Brief on Remedy
- 2022: November, Document #135_Federal Defendants Response Brief as to Remedy
- 2022: November, Document #135-1_Proposed Order Granting Request for Remand
- 2022: November, Document #135-2_Declaration of David Harris Captain US Navy
- 2022: November, Document #135-3_Declaraton of Vice Adminral Kenneth Whitesell
- 2022: November, Document #135-4_Declaration of Captain Eric Hanks
- 2022: October, Washington’s Initial Brief on Remedy
- 2022: October, COER’s Brief on Remedy
- 2021: August, Navy’s Reply in support of Cross-Motion for Summay Judgement
- 2021: May, COER’s Counter Response to Navy’s Rebuttal
- 2021: May, Washington’s Counter Response to Navy’s Rebuttal
- 2021: May, Navy’s Rebuttal to COER/Washington’s Summary Judgment Motions
- 2021: March, Washington’s Motion for Summary Judgment
- 2021: March, COER’s Motion for Summary Judgment
COER: Preliminary Injunctions
- 2020: August, COER & Spina’s Objection to Magistrate’s Recommendation to Deny Motion for Preliminary Injunction
- 2020: August, Magistrate Creatura Recommendation
- 2020: March, COER rebuttal to Navy’s rebuttal
- 2020: February, COERs Motion for Preliminary Injunction
- 2020: February, Lawsuit Declarations >
- 2019: October, Amended Complaint
- 2019: October, Minute Order Consolidating Cases
- 2019: July, Washington State v. Navy NEPA Complaint
- 2019: July, COER v. Navy NEPA Complaint
- 2016: October, COER Complaint vs. ICBH Officials
- 2016: September, COER Final Complaint vs. ICBH
- 2015: September, COER: Arguments if Appeal of Zilly Decision
- 2015: August, Judge Zilly Decision COER v. Navy
- 2015: June 7, Reply in Support of Injunction
- 2015: June 7, Navy Response to Injunction
- 2015: April 27, Citizens Ask Federal Court for Injunction
- —-2015 Declarations by: Lilly – Bowman – Askins – Dahlgren – Dannhauer – Kenneth Pickard – Atwood – Janice Pickard – Robert Wilbur – Brenda Wilbur – Janis Schurr Daniel Schurr – Roberts – Rayne – Kameros – Portin
- —-2015 Exhibits: (I) Dahlgren – (II) Dahlgren Report – (I) Bowman – (II) Bowman Literature Review (I) Lilly – (II) Lilly Report
- 2013: July 15, NEPA Lawsuit filed against the Navy
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Complaints
- 2022: March, Navy Final Response to FOIA Complaint
- 2022: March, COER v. Navy FOIA Complaint
- 2022: March, FOIA Documents Released:
- 2022: March, 20 Navy Documents combined
- 2021: July, Navy Sound Monitoring Real Time Ops Data Collection Meeting
- 2021: March, Navy Monitoring Plan
- 2020: July, Real-Time Ops Data Collection Meeting Notes
- 2020: June, Noise Monitoring Contractor Work Plan
- 2020: June, Sound Monitoring Federal Agencies Meeting Notes
- 2020: May, Navy Aircraft Sound Monitoring Kickoff Meeting
- 2020: May, Navy Aircraft Sound Monitoring Kickoff Meeting Notes
- 2020: April, Navy Noise Monitoring Pre-Kickoff Notes
- 2020: March, Assumptions Aircraft Noise Monitoring Study
- 2020: March, Travel Backup Leidos Aircraft Noise Monitoring
- 2019: May, National Parks Conservation Assoc. v. Navy FOIA Complaint
COER: Endangered Species Act (ESA) Challenge
- 2021: February, Griefen to Navy and Services – ESA Notice Letter
- 2020: October, Earthrise Law Center, NPCA_comment on Sept 2020 NWTT FSEIS
- 2020: September, COER letter in support of WA Challenge of NWTT
- 2020: August, State of WA challenges Navy NWTT impacts
- 2020: July, AG has concerns about Navy Expansion and Orca whales: Taking and Marine Mammals Incidental to the U.S. Navy Training and Testing Activities in the Northwest Training and Testing Study (NWTT) Area
- 2020: July, US Navy letter requesting: Finding of no Historic Properties Affected for Proposed Northwest Training and Testing
- 2019: July, Washington Attorney General’s 60-Day Endangered Species Act (ESA) letter
- 2019: July, COER’s 60-Day ESA Letter
- 2019: June, COER Northwest Training and Testing Supplement Environmental Impact Statement
- 2019: March, Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve Summarial Comments on Chapter 6 of: Final Environmental Impact Statement for EA -18G “Growler” Airfield Operations at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
- 2019: January, Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve Supplemental Comments on: Final Environmental Impact Statement for EA-18G “Growler” Airfield Operations at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
- 2018: October, Citizens of Ebey’s Reserve (COER) Comments on: Endangered Species Act
Other Current Lawsuits
- 2020: February, GoSkagit.com, Group asks for injunction regarding Growler flights
- 2020: January, Washington State Attorney General Press Release, Victory for Puget Sound: Navy signs legally enforceable agreement to stop polluting Puget Sound with ship scraping, take steps to prevent additional environmental damage
- 2020: January, Puget SOUNDKEEPER, Suquamish Tribe, Environmental Groups, and State of Washington Reach Settlement of Lawsuit Over U.S. Navy Contamination of Puget Sound
- 2019: December, The Aviationist, Australia Won’t Get Compensation For EA-18G Growler Aircraft That Burst Into Flames At Nellis Air Force Base in 2018
- 2019: September – Class Action Complatint for Just Compensation
Additional Documents