CENTRAL SIERRA ENVTL. v. STANISLAUS NAT'L FOREST

No. 19-16711.

30 F.4th 929 (2022)

CENTRAL SIERRA ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CENTER; Sierra Forest Legacy, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST; United States Forest Service; Jason Kuiken, Forest Supervisor of Stanislaus National Forest, Defendants-Appellees, Robert Brennan; Sherrine Brennan; Jesse Riedel; Jenny Riedel; Clifton Hodge; California Farm Bureau Federation; California Cattlemen's Association; Stanislaus National Forest Grazing Permittees Association, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 8, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter MK Frost (argued), Western Environment Law Center, Eugene, Oregon, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Brian C. Toth (argued) and Robert J. Lundman , Attorneys; Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Environmental Enforcement Section, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Stephen A. Vaden , General Counsel; James L. Rosen , Attorney; United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellees.

Scott A. Keller (argued), Lehotsky Keller LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kari E. Fisher , California Farm Bureau Federation, Sacramento, California; Caroline Lobdell , Western Resources Legal Center, Portland, Oregon; for Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Ferdinand F. Fernandez, Kim McLane Wardlaw, and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Plaintiffs Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center ("CSERC") and Sierra Forest Legacy ("SFL") appeal the district court's summary judgment order rejecting their challenges to the Government's allowance of livestock grazing in three areas of the Stanislaus National Forest. Plaintiffs contend that, in...

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