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HUMANE SOCIETY OF UNITED STATES v. GUTIERREZ

No. 08-36038.

558 F.3d 896 (2009)

HUMANE SOCIETY OF the UNITED STATES; Wild Fish Conservancy; Bethanie O'Driscoll; Andrea Kozil, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Carlos M. GUTIERREZ, Secretary of Commerce; James W. Balsiger; James Lecky, Defendants-Appellees, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife; State of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

February 26, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Gerber Judd, Jonathan R. Lovvorn, Esquire, Sarah Uhlemann, Esquire, The Humane Society of the United States, Washington, DC, Gary K. Kahn, Esquire, Reeves Kahn & Hennessy, Portland, OR, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Lori L. Caramanian, U.S. Department of Justice, Denver, CO, Coby Howell, Esquire, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Portland, OR, James A. Maysonett, Esquire, Mark R. Haag, Esquire, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Michael B. Ferguson, Attorney General's Office, Neil Lynn Wise, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Washington Attorney General, Olympia, WA, Cecil Reniche-Smith, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Oregon Attorney General, Salem, OR, for Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees.

Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, HAWKINS and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

Appellants challenge the decision of the National Marine Fisheries Service ("NMFS") to authorize the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho to lethally remove certain California sea lions preying on endangered or threatened salmon and steelhead fish at the Bonneville Dam ("NMFS Approval").

Appellants move for a stay of the NMFS Approval pending appeal. Appellees oppose the motion.

A party seeking a stay must establish that he is likely to succeed...

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