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CONSERV. OF SW FLORIDA v. U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE

No. 11-11915.

677 F.3d 1073 (2012)

CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, Center for Biological Diversity, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Counsel of Civic Associations, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Sierra Club, Third Party Custodian-Appellant, v. U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE, Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Department of Interior, Secretary of the Department of Interior, Defendants-Appellees, Florida Wildlife Federation, et al., Defendants, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Intervenor Defendant-Appellee, Eastern Collier Property Owners, Movant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 18, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric E. Huber , Sierra Club, Boulder, CO, Gary A. Davis , Gary A. Davis & Associates, Hot Springs, NC, Marcy LaHart , Marcy LaHart, PA, Gainesville, FL, Kelly Kathleen Samek , Tallahassee, FL, Craig Holt Segall , Sierra Club Law Program, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michael Thomas Gray , U.S. Dept. of Justice c/o U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Office of Counsel, Jacksonville, FL, Thekla Hansen-Young , Mark A. Brown , Environment & Natural Res. Div., Kristen Byrnes Floom , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Edwin A. Steinmeyer , Lewis, Longman & Walker, PA, Tallahassee, FL, Keri-Ann C. Baker , Andrew J. Baumann , Lewis, Longman & Walker, PA, West Palm Beach, FL, Intervenor Defendant-Appellee.

Andrew J. Turner , Virginia Swisshelm Albrecht , Elizabeth Carter Chandler Clements , Hunton & Williams, LLP, Washington, DC, for Movant-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, MARCUS and SILER, Circuit Judges.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

This case concerns a challenge, brought under the Administrative Procedure Act (the "APA"), 5 U.S.C. §§ 551-559, 701-706, to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service's denial of petitions to designate critical habitat for the Florida panther. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (the "ESA"), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1544, empowers the Secretary of the Interior to designate "critical habitat" for species of fish, wildlife, or plants...

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