(February 6, 2024, 8:20 AM EST) -- BISMARCK, N.D. — The state of North Dakota has filed a brief in North Dakota federal court in response to a status report filed by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), in which the state argues that the DOI and other federal defendants have not complied with the court’s prior orders regarding transparency and the production of documents related to the parties’ dispute over an order that enjoined and restrained the federal agencies from imposing what the state calls “the Stop.” That term refers to the federal agencies’ decision to cancel certain hydraulic fracturing lease sales....