WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT v. SALAZAR

No. 11-56363.

692 F.3d 921 (2012)

WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ken SALAZAR, in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior; Bob Abbey, in his official capacity as Director of the United States Bureau of Land Management; Mike Pool, in his official capacity as Deputy Director of the United States Bureau of Land Management; United States Bureau of Land Management, a federal agency; Rowan Gould, in his official capacity as Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Ren Lohoefener, in his official capacity as Regional Director of the Pacific Southwest Region of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; United States Fish and Wildlife Service, a federal agency; United States Department of The Interior, a federal agency, Defendants-Appellees, and Brightsource Energy, Inc., Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 10, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephan C. Volker , Joshua A.H. Harris , Daniel P. Garrett-Steinman , and Jamey M.B. Volker , Law Offices of Stephan C. Volker, Oakland, CA, for plaintiff-appellant.

Aaron P. Avila , and Thkla Hansen-Young , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Albert M. Ferlo , Perkins Coie, LLP, Washington D.C., for intervenor-defendant-appellee.

Before: STEPHEN REINHARDT, BARRY G. SILVERMAN, and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.


ORDER

"A plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction must establish that he is likely to succeed on the merits, that he is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief, that the balance of equities tips in his favor, and that an injunction is in the public interest." Winter v. Natural Res. Def. Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 20, 129 S.Ct. 365, 172 L.Ed...

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