FRIENDS OF ANIMALS v. HAALAND

No. 20-35318.

997 F.3d 1010 (2021)

FRIENDS OF ANIMALS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Deb HAALAND, in her official capacity as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior; Martha Williams, in her official capacity as Principal Deputy Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Ray Harris (argued) and Jennifer Best , Friends of Animals Wildlife Law Program, Centennial, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert J. Lundman (argued) and Mark R. Haag , Attorneys; Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Jonathan D. Brightbill , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Linus Y. Chen , Attorney, Office of the Solicitor, United States Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Richard A. Paez and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges, and John R. Tunheim, District Judge.


OPINION

Plaintiff-Appellant, Friends of Animals ("Friends"), brought this action challenging a Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS") rule, 50 C.F.R. § 424.14(b), which requires that affected states receive 30-day notice of an intent to file a petition to list an endangered species. Friends asserts claims under...

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