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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 22-cv-1716 (TSC) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INERIOR, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION On June 15, 2022, Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity and WildEart

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge SENTELLE. SENTELLE, Chief Judge: The Native Village of Point Hope, Alaska, petitions this court for reimbursement of attorneys’ fees and costs surrounding the case of Center for Biological Diversity v. Interior, 563 F.3d 466 (D.C.Cir.2009). The petition requests reimbursement in the amount $518,

MEMORANDUM OPINION KETANJI BROWN JACKSON, United States District Judge On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, killing eleven workers, contaminating roughly 1,100 miles of shoreline, and causing significant losses to the environment and the economy throughout the region. (See Compl., ECF No. 1, ¶¶ 52-56.) See generally In re Deepwater Horizon, </

Opinion by Judge WILLIAM A. FLETCHER; Dissent by Judge TALLMAN. ORDER This court’s opinion filed September 14, 2009, and reported at 581 F.3d 1063, is withdrawn, and is replaced by the attached Opinion and Dissent. The full court has been advised of the petition for rehearing en banc and no judge of the court has requested a vote on whether to rehear the matter en banc. Fed. R.App. P. 35.

OPINION PRATT, District Judge: This case concerns Defendant-Appellee U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (“FWS”) decision to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement (“MOA”) with several non-federal entities who were subject to a Nevada State Order mandating a groundwater pump test. FWS anticipated that the pump test may affect an endangered species, the Moa

Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge SENTELLE. Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge ROGERS. SENTELLE, Chief Judge: In August 2005, the United States Department of Interior (Interior) began the formal administrative process to expand leasing areas within the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for offshore oil and gas development between 2007 and 2012. This new five-year Leasing Pr

William Alsup, United States District Judge INTRODUCTION In this action for declaratory and injunctive relief under the Endangered Species Act, plaintiffs seek protection for the Pacific fisher. All parties have moved for summary judgment. For the reasons stated below, plaintiffs' motion is GRANTED IN PART and defendants' motions are DENIED .

WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: The Center for Biological Diversity, the Western Land Exchange Project, and the Sierra Club (collectively, “Appellants”) bring suit against Asarco LLC (“Asarco”), a mining company, and the Department of Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (collectively, “BLM”). Appellants contend that the BLM’s approval of a land exchange violates the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), 42 U

Order EDWARD C. REED, JR., District Judge. Plaintiff filed suit alleging violations of the Property Clause, the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”), the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), and the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act. Now pending are a number of motions for summary judgment filed by Plaintiff, the Federal Defendants, and the DefendaniAIntervenors.

419 F.Supp.2d 1166 (2006) CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, and Friends of the Earth, Plaintiffs, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Central

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS BLACKBURN, District Judge. The matter before me is The Navajo Nation’s Amended Motion To Dismiss [# 47]1 filed June 14, 2011. I grant the motion. I. JURISDICTION I have subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331 (federal question). II. STANDARD OF REVIEW

703 F.Supp.2d 1243 (2010) CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, Plaintiff, v. U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE; and KEN SALAZAR, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Defendants. Civil Action No. 09-cv-01288-WYD-KLM. United States District Court, D. Colorado. April 1, 2010. *1244 Justin J. Augustine, San Francisco, CA, for Plaint

770 F.Supp.2d 68 (2011) CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Kenneth SALAZAR, Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior, et al., Defendants, and Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, Defendant-Intervenor. Civil Action No. 09-1684 (RMC). United States District Court, District of Columbia. March 16, 2011. *69

When considering a motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6), the complaint is construed liberally in the plaintiff's favor, and the Court should grant the plaintiff "the benefit of all inferences that can be derived from the facts alleged." Kowal v. MCI Commc'ns Corp. , 16 F.3d 1271, 1276 (D.C. Cir. 1994). Nevertheless, the Court ne

Sharon L. Gleason, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE *978Plaintiff Center for Biological Diversity ("CBD") challenges the constitutionality of the Congressional Review Act ("CRA"), pursuant to which Congress recently passed legislation disapproving a Fish and Wildlife Service rule that prohibited certain hunting and trapping practices on National

255 F.Supp.2d 1030 (2003) CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, et al, Defendants. No. CV 01-1758-PHX-ROS. United States District Court, D. Arizona. March 31, 2003. *1031 Roger Flynn, Jeffrey C. Parsons, Boulder, CO, for plaintiff. Sue A. Klein, Cynthia M. Parsons,

OPINION W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: This case involves U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service”) regulations under Section 101(a)(5)(A) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (“MMPA”) that authorize incidental take of polar bears and Pacific walruses resulting from oil and gas exploration activities in the Chukchi Sea and on the adjacent coast of Alaska. T

ORDER RE CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (Re: Docket No. 28, 32) PAUL S. GREWAL, United States Magistrate Judge. Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club bring their claims for declaratory and injunctive relief under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 701-706. They challenge the decision of Defendants Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) and Interior Sec

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; PACIFIC ENVIRONMENT, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Secretary of the Interior; UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, Defendants-Appellees, ALASKA OIL & GAS ASSOCIATION, Defendant-intervenor-Appellee. No. 08-35402. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted August 4, 2009 — Anchorage, Alaska. Filed Decembe

MEMORANDUM * Conservation Force, Inc. appeals a series of district court orders, including 1) an April 28, 2008, 2008 WL 1902703, order requiring the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) to publish a final listing for the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act by May 15, 2008, and to waive the thirty-day notice period normally required by the Administrative Procedure Act; 2) a May 13, 2