Case 2:17-cv-04214 Document 8 Filed 10/27/17 Page 1 of 12 PageID #: 424 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE, L.L.C., Plaintiff, vs. AN EASEMENT TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A 42-INCH GAS TRANSMISSION LINE ACROSS PROPERTIES IN THE COUNTIES OF NICHOLAS, GREENBRIER, MONROE, SUMMERS, BRAXTON, HARRISON, LEWIS, WEBSTER, AND WETZEL, WEST VIRGINIA, et al. Defendants. : Civil Action No. 2:17-cv-04214 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : MOTION FOR EXPEDITED HEARING ON MOTIONS FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO AND POSSESSION OF THE EASEMENTS CONDEMNED On October 27, 2017, Plaintiff Mountain Valley Pipeline, L.L.C. (“MVP”) filed (1) a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Immediate Access to Survey the Easements Condemned and a Memorandum of Law in Support, and (2) a Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and Immediate Access to the Easements Condemned for Construction and a Memorandum of Law in Support. As set forth in the Motions and Memoranda of Law, MVP needs access to those defendants’ properties that MVP has not previously surveyed by agreement by January 15, 2018, and MVP needs access to the defendants’ properties by February 1, 2018, to begin construction activities for the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project (“MVP Project”). Delaying access to the easements condemned across the defendants’ properties will cause irreparable harm to the public and to MVP. Case 2:17-cv-04214 Document 8 Filed 10/27/17 Page 2 of 12 PageID #: 425 The defendants are being served with the Notices of Condemnation required by Rule 71.1 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure by personal service. The defendants will also be served with the Complaint and the Motions for Partial Summary Judgment and Immediate Access and the Memoranda of Law in Support, as well as this Motion, by personal service. WHEREFORE, for the reasons set forth in the Motions for Partial Summary Judgment and Immediate Access and the accompanying Memoranda of Law in Support, MVP moves to have its Motions for Immediate Access heard on an expedited basis in order to allow MVP access to the easements necessary to conduct surveying and to begin construction of the MVP Project. MVP requests that this Court enter an Order requiring any defendant opposing the Motions for Partial Summary Judgment and Immediate Access to file a response by December 4, 2017, and allowing MVP to file a reply by December 11, 2017. MVP requests that this Court schedule a hearing on the Motions on or before December 13, 2017, or such other date that accommodates the Court’s schedule. October 27, 2017 REED SMITH LLP /s/ Nicolle R. Snyder Bagnell Nicolle R. Snyder Bagnell W.V. I.D. No. 11081 Reed Smith Centre 225 Fifth Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (412) 288-3131 nbagnell@reedsmith.com Counsel for Mountain Valley Pipeline, L.L.C. Case 2:17-cv-04214 Document 8 Filed 10/27/17 Page 3 of 12 PageID #: 426 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Plaintiff Mountain Valley Pipeline, L.L.C.’s Motion for Expedited Hearing on the Motions for Partial Summary Judgment and Immediate Access to the Easements Condemned has been served via hand delivery upon the individuals identified on the attached Service List. Dated: October 27, 2017 /s/ Nicolle R. Snyder Bagnell Case 2:17-cv-04214 Document 8 Filed 10/27/17 Page 4 of 12 PageID #: 427 SERVICE LIST D. Lane McMillion P. O. Box 633 Craigsville, WV 26205-0633 Ervin E. Richmond 136 Rockhill Dr. Alderson, WV 24910 D. Lane McMillion and Dale L. and Alicia D. McMillion P. O. Box 633 Craigsville, WV 26205-0633 Gerald K. Richmond 941 Bun Fink Road Alderson, WV 24910 Paco Land, Inc. 196 Middletown Road Richwood, WV 26261-1028 Jesse James Richmond 707 Freezeland Mountain Rd. Hinton,WV 25951 Brian and Beth Armstrong 312 Ritchie Farm Road Summersville, WV 26651-4521 Carolyn S. Walls PO Box 82 Coal Mountain, WV 24823-0082 Jerry Allen and Mary E. Hammons 354 Crupperneck Road Craigsville, WV 26205-8711 Richard Dean Ward 124 Maryville MBL Alcoa, TN 37701 Bruce A. and Kimberly Roberts PO Box 321 Nettie, WV 26681-0321 Kerry N. and Cheryl L. Boone 110 Perry Boone Lane Alderson, WV 24910-1501 Todd E. White 1584 North Hill Drive Rockwall, TX 75087-3237 Ashby A. and Emma Jean Boone and Dorothy Marie Boone Fogle 34 Orchard Tree Drive Front Royal, VA 22630-5808 Tamara L. White Delong 5345 Germaine CT Colorado Springs, CO 80919-7935 Robert M. Jarrell 482 West Clayton Rd Alderson, WV 24910 Virginia D. and Connie McClung 453 Power Plant Rd Summersville, WV 26651-2031 Mark Grey Smith 1036 Ficklen Road Fredericksburg, VA 22405-2102 Artie Orlena Robinson and David Lane Robinson 5907 Ward Road Nettie, WV 26681-4563 Orus Ashby Berkley P.O. Box 366 Talcott, WV 24981-0366 -1- Case 2:17-cv-04214 Document 8 Filed 10/27/17 Page 5 of 12 PageID #: 428 Quinwood Coal Company f/k/a Alex Energy, LLC f/k/a Alex Energy, Inc. f/k/a Green Valley Coal Company, LLC 1415 Louisiana Street Suite 2400 Houston, TX 77002-7361 Tammy A. Capaldo and Caitlyn A. Gragg PO Box 58 Alderson, WV 24910-0058 Estate of C. L. Keener 118 Dawson Road Meadow Bridge, WV 25976-9424 Wiseman Living Trust Gene and Phyllis M. Wiseman 7507 Walton Lane Annandale, VA 22003-2558 James Keener 38692 Adains Road Willoughby, OH 44094 Robert Jackson Holt 1611 Smith Bridge Road Chadds Ford, PA 19317-9765 Johnnie Ray Keener, Brande Nicole Keener, and David Harmon 118 Dawson Road Meadow Bridge, WV 25976-9424 Philip J. Harrah 78 Starling Lane Sandstone, WV 25985-9419 Thomas Keener 2929 Dawson Road Meadow Bridge, WV 25976 Reinhard Bouman and Ashofteh Assad-Bouman 282 Ashwood Drive Meadow Bridge, WV 25976 Clyde Fox, Michael Fox, Naomi J. Fox, and Robert W. Fox P. O. Box 646 Leslie, WV 25972-0646 Meadow Creek Coal Corporation 263 White Oak Drive Beckley, WV 25801-8133 Naomi J. and Robert W. Fox 386 Clifftop Loop Road Danese, WV 25831-7273 Kiranasa Swami RR 1 Box 278-B Meadow Bridge , WV 25976-9514 Rex Coal Land Company PO Box 564 Lewisburg, WV 24901-0564 Gregory L. Berry 1211 New River Road Hinton, WV 25951-8125 Eugene Ray and Tina Robin Tuckwiller 627 Crosier Road Rainelle, WV 25962-1060 L. C. Miller, Jr. P. O. Box 65 Lester, WV 25865-0065 -2- Case 2:17-cv-04214 Document 8 Filed 10/27/17 Page 6 of 12 PageID #: 429 Silas Steven and Laurel Tucker 5354 Forest Brook Drive Milton, FL 32583-6224 James R. Miller 1741 Barkers Ridge Sand Gap Road Stephenson, WV 25928-9613 Jeffrey Dewayne Osborne 110 Goddard Mountain Road Rainelle, WV 25962-6860 Charles D. Simmons Estate Sharon G. Simmons P.O. Box 65 Lester, WV 25865-0065 Ronald and Elisabeth Tobey 531 Burns Hollow Road Meadow Bridge, WV 25976-1100 Charles D. Simmons Estate Sharon G. Simmons P.O. Box 65 Lester, WV 25865-0065 Unknown Heirs of Martha I. Kessler 1240 Lawn Road Meadow Bridge, WV 25976-9332 Bryan Charles Simmons 11 Red Fox Trail Euharlee, GA 30145 Unknown Heirs of Mary L. Surbaugh 1240 Lawn Road Meadow Bridge, WV 25976-9332 Joshua Simmons 1741 Barkers Ridge Stephenson, WV -9613 Unknown Heirs of Nora E. Vandall 1240 Lawn Road Meadow Bridge, WV 25976-9332 Joshua Simmons and Jerry L. Cannady 1741 Barkers Ridge Stephenson, WV -9613 Unknown Heirs of Azel Ford Zickafoose Red Hawk Trust Robert C. Pierson, III and Vicki L. Pierson PO Box 51 Walkersville, WV 26447-0051 Unknown Heirs of Joseph Orville Zickafoose 1240 Lawn Road Meadow Bridge, WV 25976-9332 William G. Lloyd 4350 Sutton Lane Sutton, WV 26601-9717 Unknown Heirs of Robert C. Zickafoose 1240 Lawn Road Meadow Bridge, WV 25976-9332 James McAllister 2703 Curry Ridge Road Napier, WV 26631-7045 -3- Case 2:17-cv-04214 Document 8 Filed 10/27/17 Page 7 of 12 PageID #: 430 Doreen S. Allen, Fredereck M. Osborne, Jo Lynn Blankenship, Mickey D. Osborne, and Scott S. Osborne 377 Dark Hollow Rd Rainelle, WV 25962-9713 Hilry Gordon 299 Llama Fork Road Wallace, WV 26448-8817 Donna M. Huffman 61 Grassy Meadow Lane Alderson, WV 24910 Chad W. Johnson 109 Platinum Drive, Suite 1 Bridgeport, WV 26330-2007 Norvel P. and Jean M. Mann, Thomas B. and Hannah G. Mann, and Chloda Crosier 46 Narrows Hans Creek Road Lindside, WV 24951-9606 Martha Jean Kotschenreuther, Karen Jean Kotschenreuther, and Elsa Lyn Kotschenreuther c/o Martha Jean Kotschenreuther 144 Monticello Ave. Anapolis, MD 21401-3451 William H. Mann, Lucy G. Booth, Harry L. Mann, Nancy L. Phillips, Donald E. Mann, Carl E. Mann, Larry W. Mann, and Bonnie K. Barberie 150 Barberie Lane Princeton, WV 24740-9004 Estate of Barbara June Reger Address Unknown Rebecca K. Bragg HC 65, Box 10 Wayside, WV 24985-9104 Barry G. Pallay 124 Diamond Court Morgantown, WV 26505-2512 Landcey Ragland 163 Slate Run Road Greenville, WV 24945-7163 Adam L. Matheny 303 Maken Rd Salem, WV 26426-8054 John White, II and Shellie White PO Box 120 Greenville, WV 24945-0120 Glenn D. Matheny, II 182 Sugar Mill Loop Myrtle Beach, SC 29588-4630 -4- Case 2:17-cv-04214 Document 8 Filed 10/27/17 Page 8 of 12 PageID #: 431 Petrie Dobbs Brown 1179 Hans Creek Road Greenvlle, WV 24945-7016 Charles F. Chong and Rebecca Ann Eneix-Chong 1839 Halls Run Road Bristol, WV 26426-7350 Addison Dunlap Dobbs and Lee Filmore Dobbs, III 1179 Hans Creek Road Greenvlle, WV 24945-7016 Courtney Cecil and Stacey Postus RR 2 Box 194 A Bristol, WV 26426-7324 Oscar D. Darago 3514 Ellison Ridge Greenville, WV 24945-7035 Clifford S. and Laura Cleavenger 3373 Raccoon Run Road Bristol, WV 26426- 7311 Maury W. Johnson 3227 Ellison's Ridge Greenville, WV 24945 Gerald Wayne Corder Teresa D Erickson, POA 109 Columbus Street Elyria, OH 44035-5130 Maury W. Johnson, David Allen Johnson, Wayne Johnson, and Everett Johnson, Jr. 3227 Ellison's Ridge Greenville, WV 24945 Randall N. Corder Lorena B. Krafft, POA 720 Park Ave. Elyria, OH 44035 Clarence Frank Sills, Jr. and Kelley Anne Sandell Sills PO Box 37 Greenville, WV 24945-0037 Kincheloe Mitigation Holdings LLC 23 South Main St. 3rd Floor Hanover, NH 03755 Norvel P. and Jean M. Mann 46 Narrows Hans Creek Road Lindside, WV 24951-9606 Danny and Tina Martin RR 2 Box 195 Bristol, WV 26426-7326 James O. Gore 49 Fairview Drive Peterstown, WV 24963-1116 Gary Casto, Sharon Casto, and Averal Todd Casto PO Box 12 Craigsville, WV 26205-0012 -5- Case 2:17-cv-04214 Document 8 Filed 10/27/17 Page 9 of 12 PageID #: 432 David R. Hughes 232 Cedar Ridge Farm Road Greenville, WV 24945-0067 Arthur C. and Judy D. Roberts 158 Point Lick Drive Charleston, WV 25306-6723 James O. Gore, Barry G. and Lisa B. Meadows, and Zane R. Lawhorn HC 77, Box 19 Peterstown, WV 24963-9604 Fred L. Golden Route 1, Box 3618 Orlando, WV 26412 James Robert Persinger and Lillian Sue Persinger 121 Watson Avenue Belle, WV 25015-1925 Sherman and Mary Gamble PO Box 268 Kistler, WV 25628-0268 Stephen C. and Lorrie P. Broyles 549 Cooks Run Road Lindside, WV 24951-9605 David Finster 4570 Crains Run Road Miamisburgh, OH 45342-6212 The Paulette A. Sears Family Trust 222 Navajo Street Tavernier, FL 33070-2119 Donald J. Finster and Paul W. Finster 5900 Homedale Street Dayton, OH 45449-2922 Stephen M. and Melanie J. Miller 88 Monroe Ave Peterstown, WV 24963-6720 Dana M. Finster 36 Goosepen Road Roanoke, WV 26447 Estate of Thomas P. Long Anne C. Chambers 3681 Wolf Creek Road Narrows, VA 24124-2609 Leonard G. Finster, Jr. 46 Maple Drive Jane Lew, WV 26378-6958 William S. Broyles Revocable Trust Virginia B. Broyes Revocable Trust Cynthia A. Broyles Morris PO Box 137 Lindside, WV 24951-0137 Venice Eileen Finster 2564 Bryan Circle Grove City, OH 43123-3527 Roy P. and Joyce A. Reese 1606 Adair Ridge Road Ballard, WV 24918-5005 Estate of Diana Wimer f/k/a Diana Finster c/o Michael Wimer, Executor 4102 US Highway 19 S Weston, WV 26452-7192 -6- Case 2:17-cv-04214 Document 8 Filed 10/27/17 Page 10 of 12 PageID #: 433 Trustee of The Lacy H. Toney Farm Trust RR 1, Box 348 Peterstown, WV 24963-9713 Brian and Helen Montague Van Nostrand P. O. Box 111 Hacker Valley, WV 26222-0111 Mountain Lair, LLC Robert Allen 2044 Wilson Mill Road Lindside, WV 24951-4517 George Ernest Bright 220 Heritage Point Morgantown, WV 26505-2831 Dennis F. and Carla D. Fountain 609 Hurd Hollow Road Blackwater, VA 24221-8208 The John A. Bright Revocable Living Trust 909 4th St SE Roanoke, VA 24013-2351 Norvel P. and Jean M. Mann and Thomas B. and Hannah G. Mann 46 Narrows Hans Creek Road Lindside, WV 24951-9606 William Townsend Bright PO Box 460 Summersville, WV 26651 Thomas E. and Rosetta B. Toney and Austin B. Toney 48 Sun View Dr. Peterstown, WV 24963-5015 William H. Brown, Jr. 1316 15th Street Huntington, WV 25701-3622 Estate of Dannie Lee Spence Danny Spence, Jr. PO Box 292 Peterstown, WV 24963-0292 Trustees Under the Will of A. L. Morrison William B. Morrison and Robert J. Morrison 383 Townhill Road Grantsville, WV 26147 The Susan H. Leeper (a/k/a Ella Susan Houcins) Revocable Living Trust Laura Bowen-Coffelt 2724 Edmond Road Lookout, WV 25868-6266 Mary E. Sebring 987 Norwood St. Kent, OH 44240-3476 Monte G. and Elora C. McKenzie 3503 Wayside Talcott Road Talcott, WV 24981-7030 Megann M. Sheppard 931 Wayne Drive Winchester, VA 22601-6395 -7- Case 2:17-cv-04214 Document 8 Filed 10/27/17 Page 11 of 12 PageID #: 434 Earl C. and Patricia J. Williams 964 Casey Creek Lane Greenville, WV 24945-7037 WMS WVMinerals Trust Jesse Frank Williams IV 1347 E. Kensington Ave Salt Lake City, UT 84105-2653 Roger D. and Rebecca H. Crabtree 2050 Wilson Mill Road Lindside, WV 24951-9721 ICG Eastern, LLC Sheldon Sanders City Place One, Suite 300 St. Louis, MO 63141 Rodger L. and Marjorie Boothe RR 1 Box 24 Lindside, WV 24951-9604 Western Pocahontas Properties Limited Partnership 5260 Irwin Road Huntington, WV 25705-3247 Cheryl Bowers PO Box 165 Lindside, WV 24951-0165 Brent Fairbanks 1030 Old Town Road Youngstown, OH 44515 Bonnie Larew Walsh, Gladys Larew Carter, James Tully Larew, and Janet Larew Haag 1581 Back Valley Rd Lindside, WV 24951-9482 Edward "Ted" Charles Smith, Sr. 12191 Deihl Road North Jackson, OH 44451 Allan Walter Lehr 536 Allters Way Alderson, WV 24910-0079 Dale Eastham 710 Salt Spring Road Warren, OH 44481-9669 Heirs of J.H. Harrah P. O. Box 161 Meadow Bridge, WV 25976-0161 Andrew A. Fairbanks 1095 N. Turner Road Youngstown, OH 44515 Ira Hickman Harrah, Jr. 132 Diehl Street Meadow Bridge, WV 25976 Edward "Teddy" Charles Smith, II 4710 Bailey Road North Jackson, OH 44451 Richard and Anne M. Berkley 133 Montclair Circle Durham, NC 27713-2516 Michael Fairbanks 8992 New Road North Jackson, OH 44451 -8- Case 2:17-cv-04214 Document 8 Filed 10/27/17 Page 12 of 12 PageID #: 435 Connie Harper P.O. Box 2234 Beckley, WV 25802-2234 Travis Eastham 3540 Austintown-Warren Road Mineral Ridge, OH 44440 Melissa A. Leslie 304 Miller Ave Hinton, WV 25951 Jeremy Collins 1563 Harding Mineral Ridge, OH 44440 Anthony D. Richmond 329 Rock Hill Drive Alderson, WV 24910-7143 David Fairbanks 6951 Silica Road Austintown, OH 44515 Dennis Wayne Richmond 707 Freezeland Mountain Rd. Hinton, WV 25951 Todd Edward Smith 12191 Deihl Road North Jackson, OH 44451 Estate of Roger L. Richmond Rhonda Richmond 26 Teal Lane Alderson, WV 24910-9714 Nancy Jane Shewmake f/k/a Nancy Jane Bates 780 Stouts Run Road Smithfield, WV 26437-8664 Sandra Richmond 5753 Keeney Mountain Road Sandstone, WV 25985-9285 John H. and Pamela J. Melvin PO Box 103 Smithfield, WV 26437-0103 -9- Case 2:17-cv-04214 Document 8-1 Filed 10/27/17 Page 1 of 1 PageID #: 436 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN VALLEY PIPELINE, L.L.C., Plaintiff, vs. AN EASEMENT TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A 42-INCH GAS TRANSMISSION LINE ACROSS PROPERTIES IN THE COUNTIES OF NICHOLAS, GREENBRIER, MONROE, SUMMERS, BRAXTON, HARRISON, LEWIS, WEBSTER, AND WETZEL, WEST VIRGINIA, et al. Defendants. : Civil Action No. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : ORDER AND NOW, this ___ day of __________________, 2017, upon consideration of Plaintiff Mountain Valley Pipeline, L.L.C.’s Motion for Expedited Hearing on the Motions for Partial Summary Judgment and Immediate Access to and Possession of the Easements Condemned, it is hereby ORDERED that the Motion is GRANTED. Any defendant opposing the Motions for Partial Summary Judgment and Immediate Access shall file a response by _______. A hearing on the Motions for Immediate Access is scheduled for ________________. ______________________________ J.