LEVINE v. VILSACK

No. 08-16441.

587 F.3d 986 (2009)

Ellen LEVINE; Beverly Ulbrich; Krista Kielman; Gretchen Wallerich; Kanda Boykin; Humane Society of the United States; East Bay Animal Advocates; Western North Carolina Workers' Rights Center; Mississippi Poultry Workers for Equality and Respect, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Thomas J. VILSACK, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 20, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah Uhlemann, Jonathan R. Lovvorn and Carter Dillard, The Humane Society of the United States, Washington, D.C.; and Corey Evans and Geneva Page, Evans & Page, San Francisco, CA, for the appellants.

Gregory G. Katsas, Jonathan F. Cohn, Michael S. Raab and Henry C. Whitaker, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the appellee.

Before: ALFRED T. GOODWIN and PAMELA ANN RYMER, Circuit Judges, and GEORGE H. WU, District Judge.


WU, District Judge:

Dr. Ellen Levine, Beverly Ulbrich, Krista Kielman, Gretchen Wallerich, Kanda Boykin, The Humane Society of the United States, East Bay Animal Advocates, Mississippi Poultry Workers for Equality and Respect, Western North Carolina Workers' Center, John Doe I, and John Doe II (henceforth collectively "Levine") appeal from a summary judgment ruling in favor of the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture ("Secretary" or "USDA"). This...

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