Oats v. Walls

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• finding that without BLM determination, plaintiff could not establish a valid property interest in his unpatented mining claim
• explaining that plaintiffs failure to establish a valid property interest would warrant dismissal for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted
• finding without BLM determination, plaintiff could not establish a valid property interest in the surface of his unpatented mining claim
• finding without BLM determination, plaintiff could not establish a valid property interest in his unpatented mining claim
• “An unpatented mining claim is an interest in only the minerals in the land and not in the land’s surface; the government retains fee title to the land.”
• “This Court does not have jurisdiction over claims solely for injunctive relief_”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).