Article content Given that, Chief Judge Miranda Du of U.S. District Court for Nevada said the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony and Atsa koodakuh wyh Nuwu/People of Red Mountain may join the lawsuit as plaintiffs to argue their belief the project would damage religious and historical sites. The judge said adding new plaintiffs should not affect the case’s timeline. “This case is still in its early stages,” Du said in the nine-page ruling. Environmentalists lost the case’s first battle last week when Du denied their request to block minor archaeological digging while she considers the broader question of whether former President Donald Trump’s administration erred when it approved the entire project in January.