(March 1, 2017, 10:07 AM EST) -- BISMARCK, N.D. — A North Dakota federal judge on Feb. 22 stayed civil rights violation claims of Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protestors until the protestors’ appeal of the judge’s denial of an injunction against the use of excessive police force can be decided by the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (Vanessa Dundon, et al. v. Kyle Kirchmeier, et al., No. 16-406, D. N.D.)....