Judge James Boasberg of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia has granted North Dakota’s request to dismiss the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s lawsuit seeking to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline. This legal action was the tribe’s latest attempt to halt the pipeline’s operations.
Following the court’s decision, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota issued a statement. He said, “Even Judge Boasberg could barely make sense of the latest spaghetti against the wall lawsuit seeking a shutdown of a vital part of our nation’s energy backbone. Today’s dismissal is a win for rationality and sanity. Thank you to the state of North Dakota and Energy Transfer, who have fought for years to put an end to this legal nonsense.”
This ruling is part of an ongoing legal battle over the pipeline, which has been subject to various suits and protests.
