South Fork Wind: Fraud

The case against the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), the federal regulator overseeing U.S. offshore wind energy development, regarding the South Fork Wind Project is fraud. 

U.S. Supreme Court  (case no. 22-1251)

Simon V. Kinsella, Petitioner v. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, et al.

U.S. Supreme Court docket files are available online at SupremeCourt.gov (here).

     Petition for a Writ of Certiorari (docketed June 29, 2023)

• Petition (click here to download).
• Affidavit (click here to download) (D.C. Cir., No 22-5317, Doc. 1999552-01)
• Appendices A to I  (click here to download)

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT (filed November 2, 2022)

• First Amended Complaint (click here to download).

                   U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (no. 1:22-cv-02147)

Cross-MOTION for Partial SUMMARY JUDGMENT (filed September  26, 2022)

• Cross-MOTION for Partial Summary Judgment (click here, 3 pages)
• MEMO in Support of Cross-Motion (click here, 42 pages)
• Exhibit A - South Fork Wind: “Virtual Open House” (click here, 1 page)
• Exhibit B - BOEM FOIA Response (click here, 5 pages)
• Statement of Material Facts (click here, 90 pages)
• [proposed] ORDER (click here, 2 pages)

COMPLAINT (filed July 21, 2022)

• COMPLAINT against BOEM, Dept. of the Interior &EPA (click here, 91 pages)
• Appendices 1–4 and Exhibits A–P (click here)

Other submissions, notices, and correspondence

• Mar 2022 - Letter Re: “Imminent Risk to Public Health” (click here, p. 31)
• Dec 2021 - Sixty days Notice of Intent to Sue BOEM (click here, p. 53)
• Feb 2021 - Response to BOEM’s FEIS for South Fork Wind (click here, p. 11)
• Nov 2018 - Response to South Fork Wind’s COP (click here, p. 14)