CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, Animal Welfare Institute, and Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Plaintiffs,
v.
Deb HAALAND, in her official capacity as Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, and U.S. Department of the Interior, Defendants.
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June 14, 2023.
June 14, 2023.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Sarah Uhlemann , and Tanya M. Sanerib , Center for Biological Diversity, of Seattle, WA, argued for Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity, Animal Welfare Institute, and Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
Agatha Koprowski , Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, of Washington, D.C., argued for Defendants Deb Haaland, in her official capacity as Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior and U.S. Department of the Interior. With her on the briefs were Brian M. Boynton , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and Patricia M. McCarthy , Director, and L. Misha Preheim , Assistant Director.
OPINION
Katzmann, Judge:
The vaquita (Phoeoena sinus), the world's smallest porpoise, is on the verge of disappearing from the Earth, As this court noted in 2020 in other litigation centering on the endangered vaquita, "[t]he vaquita is an evolutionarily distinct animal with no close relatives...
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