SAFARI CLUB INTERN. v. HAALAND

No. 21-35030, No. 21-35035.

31 F.4th 1157 (2022)

SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL, Plaintiff-Appellant, and State of Alaska, Plaintiff, v. Debra HAALAND, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Department of the Interior; Mitch Ellis, in his official capacity as Chief of Refuges for the Alaska Region of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Sara Boario, in her official capacity as Alaska Regional Director, United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Martha Williams, in her official capacity as Director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Bert Frost, in his official capacity as Alaska Regional Director, National Park Service; Charles F. Sams, III, in his official capacity as Director of the National Park Service; United States Fish and Wildlife Service; National Park Service; U.S. Department of the Interior, Defendants-Appellees. Alaska Wildlife Alliance; Alaskans for Wildlife; Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges; Denali Citizens Council; Copper Country Alliance; Kachemak Bay Conservation Society; Defenders of Wildlife; National Parks Conservation Association; National Wildlife Refuge Association; Northern Alaska Environmental Center; The Wilderness Society, Inc.; Wilderness Watch; Sierra Club; Center for Biological Diversity; The Humane Society of the United States, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees. State of Alaska, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Safari Club International, Plaintiff, v. Debra Haaland, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Department of the Interior; Mitch Ellis, in his official capacity as Chief of Refuges for the Alaska Region of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Sara Boario, in her official capacity as Alaska Regional Director, United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Martha Williams, in her official capacity as Director of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Bert Frost, in his official capacity as Alaska Regional Director, National Park Service; Charles F. Sams, III, in his official capacity as Director of the National Park Service; United States Fish and Wildlife Service; National Park Service; U.S. Department of the Interior, Defendants-Appellees. Alaska Wildlife Alliance; Alaskans for Wildlife; Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges; Denali Citizens Council; Copper Country Alliance; Kachemak Bay Conservation Society; Defenders of Wildlife; National Parks Conservation Association; National Wildlife Refuge Association; Northern Alaska Environmental Center; The Wilderness Society, Inc.; Wilderness Watch; Sierra Club; Center for Biological Diversity; The Humane Society of the United States, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 18, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy E. Clare (argued) and Regina Lennox , Safari Club International, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellant Safari Club International.

Jessica M. Alloway (argued), Solicitor General, Civil Appeals; Treg R. Taylor , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Anchorage, Alaska; for Plaintiff-Appellant State of Alaska.

Kevin W. McArdle (argued), Rachel Heron , and Michael S. Sawyer , Attorneys; Todd Kim , Assistant Attorney General; Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Kenneth M. Lord , Attorney, United States Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellees.

Rachel Genna Briggs (argued), Katherine Strong , and Brian Litmans , Trustees for Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska, for Intervenor-Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Ronald M. Gould and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges, and Jennifer G. Zipps, District Judge.


OPINION

Plaintiffs-Appellants State of Alaska (the State) and Safari Club International separately sued Defendant-Appellees Debra Haaland, et al., under the theory that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) violated the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA), National Wildlife...

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