CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY v. HAALAND

Case No. 19-cv-05206-JST Case No. 4:19-cv-06013-JST Case No. 4:19-cv-06812-JST.

641 F.Supp.3d 835 (2022)

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Deb HAALAND, et al., Defendants, and American Farm Bureau Federation, et al., Defendant-Intervenors. State of California, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Deb Haaland, et al., Defendants, and State of Alabama, et al., Defendant-Intervenors. Animal Legal Defense Fund, Plaintiff, v. Deb Haaland, et al., Defendants, and State of Alabama, et al., Defendant-Intervenors.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

Signed November 16, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrea A. Treece , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, Kristen Lee Boyles , Paulo Palugod , Pro Hac Vice, Earthjustice, Seattle, WA, Ryan Adair Shannon , Pro Hac Vice, Center for Biological Diversity, Portland, OR, for Plaintiff Center for Biological Diversity in No. 19-cv-05206.

Andrea A. Treece , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, Kristen Lee Boyles , Paulo Palugod , Pro Hac Vice, Earthjustice, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiffs Defenders of Wildlife, National Parks Conservation Association, WildEarth Guardians, The Humane Society of the United States in No. 19-cv-05206.

Andrea A. Treece , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, Kristen Lee Boyles , Paulo Palugod , Pro Hac Vice, Earthjustice, Seattle, WA, Karimah Schoenhut , Pro Hac Vice, Sierra Club, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff Sierra Club in No. 19-cv-05206.

Andrea A. Treece , Ian M. Fein , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, Kristen Lee Boyles , Paulo Palugod , Earthjustice, Seattle, WA, Rebecca Riley , Pro Hac Vice, Natural Resources Defense Council, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff Natural Resources Defense Council in No. 19-cv-05206.

George Matthew Torgun , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff State of California by and through Attorney General Xavier Becerra in No. 19-cv-05206.

Tara Lynn Mueller , California Office of the Attorney General, Oakland, CA, George Matthew Torgun , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff State of California in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Matthew Ireland , Turner H. Smith , Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, Environmental Protection Division, Boston, MA, George Matthew Torgun , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Massachusetts in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Steven Jay Goldstein , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, George Matthew Torgun , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff State of Maryland in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Eric Reuel Olson , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Attorney General, Denver, CO, George Matthew Torgun , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff State of Colorado in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Daniel Salton , Pro Hac Vice, CT Attorney General's Office, Hartford, CT, George Matthew Torgun , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff State of Connecticut in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Jason Elliott James , Illinois Attorney General's Office, Chicago, IL, George Matthew Torgun , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff State of Illinois in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Nathan A. Gambill , Pro Hac Vice, Lansing, MI, George Matthew Torgun , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff People of the State of Michigan in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Tori Nicole Sundheim , State of Nevada, Office of the Attorney General, Carson City, NV, George Matthew Torgun , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff State of Nevada in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Lisa Jo Morelli , Office of the Attorney General, Trenton, NJ, George Matthew Torgun , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff State of New Jersey in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

William G. Grantham , NM Attorney General's Office, Albuquerque, NM, George Matthew Torgun , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff State of New Mexico in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

George Matthew Torgun , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs State of New York, State of Rhode Island, District of Columbia in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Amy L. Bircher , Pro Hac Vice, NC DOJ, Environmental, Asheville, NC, Scott A. Conklin , Pro Hac Vice, North Carolina Department of Justice, Environmental Division, Raleigh, NC, George Matthew Torgun , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff State of North Carolina in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Paul Andrew Garrahan , Oregon Department of Justice Natural Resources Section, Salem, OR, Steven Novick , Oregon Department of Justice, Portland, OR, George Matthew Torgun , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff State of Oregon in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Ann R. Johnston , Pro Hac Vice, Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, PA, Aimee Diane Thomson , Pro Hac Vice, Philadelphia City Law Department Impact Litigation Section, Philadelphia, PA, Turner H. Smith , Massachusetts Attorney General's Office, Environmental Protection Division, Boston, MA, George Matthew Torgun , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Ryan Patrick Kane , Pro Rae Vice, Vermont Attorney General's Office, Montpelier, VT, George Matthew Torgun , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff State of Vermont in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Aurora Janke , Pro Hac Vice, Elizabeth Marie Caroline Harris , Pro Hac Vice, Washington State Attorney General, Environmental Protection Division, Seattle, WA, George Matthew Torgun , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff State of Washington in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Antonia Freire Pereira , Devon Goodrich , Pro Hac Vice, New York City Law Department, Environmental Law Division, New York, NY, George Matthew Torgun , Earthjustice, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff City of New York in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Gabe Johnson-Karp , Pro Hac Vice, State of Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff State of Wisconsin in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Peter N. Surdo , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Minnesota Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for Plaintiff State of Minnesota in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Coby Healy Howell , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Portland, OR, Michael Richard Eitel , U.S. Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Denver, CO, for Defendants David Bernhardt, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Wilbur Ross, National Marine Fisheries Service in Nos. 19-cv-05206, 4:19-cv-06013, 4:19-cv-06812.

Charles Timothy Yates , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, Christopher J. Carr , Navtej Singh Dhillon , Paul Hastings LLP, San Francisco, CA, Tania L. Rice , Baker Botts L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Intervenors American Farm Bureau Federation, American Forest Resource Council, American Petroleum Institute, Federal Forest Resource Coalition, National Alliance of Forest Owners, National Association of Home Builders, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Public Lands Council in Nos. 19-cv-05206, 4:19-cv-06013, 4:19-cv-06812.

Charles Timothy Yates , Damien M. Schiff , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for Defendant-Intervenors Kenneth Klemm, Beaver Creek Buffalo Co., Washington Cattlemen's Association, Pacific Legal Foundation in Nos. 19-cv-05206, 4:19-cv-06013, 4:19-cv-06812.

Charles Timothy Yates , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr. , James William Davis , Pro Hac Vice, Alexander Barrett Bowdre , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Alabama Attorney General, Solicitor General Division, Montgomery, AL, Paul J. Beard, II , FisherBroyles LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Melissa A. Schlichting , United States Attorney's Office District of Montana, Helena, MT, for Defendant-Intervenor State of Alabama in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Charles Timothy Yates , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr. , Alexander Barrett Bowdre , Pro Hac Vice, James William Davis , Pro Hac Vice, Office of the Alabama Attorney General, Solicitor General Division, Montgomery, AL, Paul J. Beard, II , FisherBroyles LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Intervenor State of Alabama in Nos. 4:19-cv-06812, 19-cv-05206.

Charles Timothy Yates , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, Paul J. Beard, II , FisherBroyles LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Intervenors State of Kansas, State of Nebraska, State of Montana in Nos. 19-v-05206, 4:19-cv-06812.

Charles Timothy Yates , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, Leo John LeSueur , Pro Hac Vice, Game and Fish, Phoenix, AZ, Paul J. Beard, II , FisherBroyles LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Intervenors State of Arizona, ex rel. Arizona Game and Fish Commission in Nos. 19-ev-05206, 4:19-cv-06812.

Charles Timothy Yates , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, Paul J. Beard, II , FisherBroyles LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Edmund Gerard LaCour, Jr. , Office of the Alabama Attorney General, Montgomery, AL, for Defendant-Intervenor State of Montana in No. 4:19-cv-06812.

Charles Timothy Yates , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, Leo John LeSueur , Pro Hac Vice, Game and Fish, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendant-Intervenor State of Arizona in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Charles Timothy Yates , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, Christian Brian Corrigan , Jeremiah R. Langston , Pro Hac Vice, Melissa A. Schlichting , Montana Department of Justice Attorney Generals Office, Helena, MT, Paul J. Beard, II , FisherBroyles LLP, Los Angeles, CA, David M.S. Dewhirst , Pro Hac Vice, Idaho Attorney General's Office of the Attorney General, Boise, ID, for Defendant-Intervenor State of Montana in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Charles Timothy Yates , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, Paul J. Beard, II , FisherBroyles LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Jeffrey A. Chanay , Pro Hac Vice, Topeka, KS, Melissa A. Schlichting , United States Attorney's Office District of Montana, Helena, MT, for Defendant-Intervenor State of Kansas in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Charles Timothy Yates , Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, Justin D. Lavene , Pro Hac Vice, Carlton Wray Wiggam , Pro Hac Vice, Nebraska Attorney General's Office, Lincoln, NE, Paul J. Beard, II , FisherBroyles LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Melissa A. Schlichting , United States Attorney's Office District of Montana, Helena, MT, for Defendant-Intervenor State of Nebraska in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Joel Tom Boer , Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant Utility Water Act Group in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Fran M. Layton , Shute Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, San Francisco, CA, David Albert Schwartz , Pro Hac Vice, Institute for Public Representation, Washington, DC, for Amicus Environmental Law Professors in No. 19-cv-05206.

Stephen S. Zashin , Zashin and Rich Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, OH, for Amici The Board of Park Commissioners of the Cleveland Metropolitan Park District, Zoological Society of San Diego in No. 4:19-cv-06013.

Daniel Sena Guerra , Clement S. Roberts , Orrick, Herrington and Sutcliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA, Kourosh Jahansouz , Reed Smith LLP, San Francisco, CA, Jeffrey Todd Quilici , Pro Hac Vice, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Austin, TX, for Plaintiff Animal Legal Defense Fund in No. 4:19-cv-06812.


AMENDED ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO REMAND

Re: ECF No. 146

Re: ECF No. 165

Re: ECF No. 109

Before the Court is a motion to remand without vacatur filed by Defendants Deb Haaland, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Gina Raimondo...

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