WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT v. GRIMM

No. 18-35075.

921 F.3d 1141 (2019)

WESTERN WATERSHEDS PROJECT; Center for Biological Diversity; Friends of the Clearwater; WildEarth Guardians; Predator Defense, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Todd GRIMM, Idaho Director, Wildlife Services; USDA Wildlife Services, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Talasi Brooks (argued) and Lauren M. Rule , Advocates for the West, Boise, Idaho; Kristin F. Ruether , Western Watersheds Project, Boise, Idaho; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Kevin W. McArdle (argued), Andrew C. Mergen , Joan Pepin , Shaun M. Pettigrew , and John P. Tustin , Attorneys; Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Jeffrey H. Wood , Acting Assistant Attorney General; Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Lisa Jabaily and Leah C. Battaglioli , Trial Attorneys, Marketing, Regulatory, and Food Safety Programs Division, Office of the General Counsel, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Susan P. Graber and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges, and John R. Tunheim, Chief District Judge.


OPINION

Conservationist Plaintiffs brought this action to enjoin the federal government's participation in the killing of gray wolves in Idaho pending additional analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ("NEPA"). Plaintiffs allege that Defendants Grimm and Wildlife Services (together,...

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