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Kisliuk, the UC Davis spokesperson, declined to answer questions about specific incidents described where workers made mistakes or where managers made mistakes.

Kennedy, who declined to be interviewed for this article, has persevered over the course of a life frequently turned upside down by tragedy.

But he declined to set a target for reducing overall net migration, adding that aiming for "arbitrary" figures had "achieved absolutely nothing" in the past.

The organisation has declined to comment, but said: "The Congregation cannot comment on matters that are the subject of ongoing proceedings."

The California Department of Conservation’s Geological Energy Management Division, the state oil and gas regulator, declined to comment on the litigation.