( August 21, 2025, 2:17 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A county government in California on Aug. 20 filed a motion to dismiss an appeal in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, arguing that an oil company that is challenging a default judgment against it that nullified the company’s zoning clearance to conduct drilling operations failed to file an appropriate motion in the lower court to set aside the default judgment in a dispute that involves contamination of local aquifers....