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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
(Baltimore Division)
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
OF OCEAN CITY MARYLAND, et al.
Plaintiffs/Cross-Defendants,
v.
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF THE INTERIOR, et al.
Defendants/Cross-Defendants.
And
US WIND, INC.
Defendant-Intervenor/Cross-Plaintiff
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Civil Action No: 1:24-cv-03111-SAG
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US WIND INC.’S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE SUR-REPLY
Pursuant to Local Rule 105(2)(a), US Wind respectfully requests leave to file a short sur-
reply to address new arguments raised by the Government in its reply brief. ECF No. 129.
Specifically, US Wind requests the opportunity to contest the Government’s arguments concerning
the relevance of this Court’s decision denying US Wind’s motion for preliminary injunction to the
Government’s pending motion to dismiss US Wind’s cross claims and the significance of the D.C.
Circuit’s recent decision to vacate National Treasury Emps. Union v. Vought, 149 F.4th 762 (D.C.
Cir. 2025).
Good cause exists to grant US Wind’s motion because absent the proposed sur-reply, US
Wind will “be unable to contest matters presented to the court for the first time in [the
Government’s] reply.” Adams v. Am. Fed’n of State, 167 F. Supp. 3d 730, 736 (D. Md. 2016). US
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Wind’s proposed sur-reply, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1, will not prejudice the
Government, which advanced these arguments for the first time in its reply.
Dated: December 22, 2025
Respectfully submitted,
By: /s/ Toyja E. Kelley, Sr.
Toyja E. Kelley, Sr. (D. Md. Bar No. 26949)
Emily Huggins Jones (pro hac vice)
Gregory L. Waterworth (D. Md. Bar No. 20938)
TROUTMAN PEPPER LOCKE LLP
701 8th Street, N.W., Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20001
Telephone: (202) 220-6900
Facsimile: (202) 220-6945
toyja.kelley@troutman.com
emily.hugginsjones@troutman.com
greg.waterworth@troutman.com
Hilary Tompkins (pro hac vice)
Sean Marotta (pro hac vice)
HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
555 13th Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
Telephone: (202) 637-5617
hilary.tompkins@hoganlovells.com
sean.marotta@hoganlovells.com
David Newmann (pro hac vice)
HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP
1735 Market St., 23d Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Telephone: (267) 675-4600
david.newmann@hoganlovells.com
Attorneys for Defendant-Intervenor and Cross
Claim Plaintiff US Wind, Inc.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on December 22, 2025, I served and filed the foregoing motion on
counsel of record through this Court’s CM/ECF system.
Dated: December 22, 2025
By: /s/ Toyja E. Kelley
Toyja E. Kelley, Sr. (D. Md. Bar No. 26949)
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