Whose Land Is It? Update

Earlier this week I wrote a post on a southern Utah family facing eviction from their land that the BLM claimed it “owned”.

Today’s Salt Lake Tribune reports that the motion for eviction has been stayed.

Months after filing a request in U.S. District Court that law enforcement officials remove structures off the 2.5 acres of Bureau of Land Management land, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Salt Lake City on Thursday filed a motion to stay the order. The stay was prompted by news that a new owner has acquired the mobile home inadvertently placed on the property in 1976.
“The new owner has expressed an interest in settling this matter amicably that would not require the execution of a writ of assistance,” reads the motion.

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