DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE v. U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE

Case No. 21-cv-00344-JSW, 21-cv-00349-JSW, 21-cv-00561-JSW.

584 F.Supp.3d 812 (2022)

DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, et al., Defendants. WildEarth Guardians, et al., Plaintiffs, v. United States Department of the Interior, et al., Defendants. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Plaintiff, v. United States Department of the Interior, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

Signed February 10, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Preso , Pro Hac Vice, Earthjustice, Bozeman, MT, Gregory C. Louie , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, Michael Mayer , Pro Hac Vice, Kristen Lee Boyles , Earthjustice, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiffs in 21-cv-00344-JSW.

Michael Richard Eitel , U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Denver, CO, for Defendants U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 21cv-00344-JSW, Debra Haaland in 21-cv-00344-JSW, United States Department of the Interior in 21-cv-00561-JSW, United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 21-cv-00561-JSW.

Jason DeForest , Pro Hac Vice, Utah Attorney General's Office, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendant State of Utah in 21-cv-00344-JSW.

John R. Mellgren , Pro Hac Vice, Western Environmental Law Center, Eugene, OR, Kelly E. Nokes , Pro Hac Vice, Western Environmental Law Center, Buena Vista, CO, Jason Robert Flanders , Aqua Terra Aeris Law Group, Oakland, CA, for Plaintiff WildEarth Guardians in 21-cv-00349-JSW.

John R. Mellgren , Pro Hac Vice, Western Environmental Law Center, Eugene, OR, Kelly E. Nokes , Pro Hac Vice, Western Environmental Law Center, Buena Vista, CO, for Plaintiffs Western Watersheds Project in 21-cv-00349-JSW, Cascadia Wildlands in 21-cv-00349-JSW, Environmental Protection Information Center in 21-cv-00349-JSW, Klamath Forest Alliance in 21-cv-00349-JSW, Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center in 21-cv-00349-JSW, The Lands Council in 21-cv-00349-JSW, Wildlands Network in 21-cv-00349-JSW.

John R. Mellgren , Western Environmental Law Center, Eugene, OR, Kelly E. Nokes , Western Environmental Law Center, Buena Vista, CO, for Plaintiff Kettle Range Conservation Group in 21-cv-00349-JSW.

Michael Richard Eitel , U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Denver, CO, for Defendants United States Department of the Interior in 21-cv-00349-JSW, United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 21-cv-00349-JSW, Martha Williams in 21-cv-00349-JSW, Debra Haaland in 21-cv-00349-JSW.

Andrew Adams , Pro Hac Vice, Hogen Adams PLLC, Colette Routel , Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Saint Paul, MN, Deborah Ann Sivas , Environmental Law Clinic Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School, Stanford, CA, for Defendant Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians in 21-cv-00349-JSW.

Jared Eldridge Knicley , Pro Hac Vice, NRDC, Washington, DC, Katherine K. Desormeau , Natural Resources Defense Council, San Francisco, CA, Claire H. Woods , Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Santa Monica, CA, Francis William Sturges, Jr. , Pro Hac Vice, Natural Resources Defense Council, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff in 21-cv-00561-JSW.

Andrew Adams , Pro Hac Vice, Hogen Adams PLLC, St. Paul, MN, Colette Routel , Mitchell Hamline School of Law, Saint Paul, MN, for Defendant Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians in 21-cv-00561-JSW.


ORDER RESOLVING CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Re: Dkt. Nos. 74, 107, 109, 111

Now before the Court for consideration are: (1) Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment, filed by the plaintiffs in these related cases (collectively "Plaintiffs")1

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