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149 Cases found

California v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/19/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to final rules under the Endangered Species Act defining "habitat" and revising the regulations for designating critical habitat.
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Conservation Council for Hawai‘i v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Haw.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/14/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to final rule defining "habitat" under the Endangered Species Act.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Ariz.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 03/13/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to biological opinions issued in connection with groundwater pumping by a U.S. Army base in southeastern Arizona.
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Sierra Forest Legacy v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 08/18/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to the determination that the California spotted owl did not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act.
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WildEarth Guardians v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Parties filed joint motion to approve partial settlement agreement and dismiss narrow-foot hygrotus diving beetle claim. [ 09/30/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel final determinations on petitions to list five aquatic species under the Endangered Species Act.
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Optimus Steel, LLC v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Tex.
Status: Stipulation of dismissal with prejudice filed. [ 11/20/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit brought by steel mill owner to challenge the reauthorization and reissuance of Nationwide Permit 12 (NWP-12) as well as the approval of a natural gas pipeline under NWP-12.
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Defenders of Wildlife v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Miss.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 04/15/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that consultation under the Endangered Species Act was required for the ongoing operations of the Bonnet Carré Spillway.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/23/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s failure to determine whether eight species of Caribbean skink warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Stipulated settlement agreement so ordered. [ 08/20/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging failure to designate critical habitat for distinct population segments of green sea turtles.
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Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Oliver

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/04/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to the National Marine Fisheries Service’s decision not to list alewife or blueback herring as threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.
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Sierra Club v. National Marine Fisheries Service

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Md.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 10/21/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to programmatic biological opinion governing oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/04/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to issue a final determination on the proposed listing of the Humboldt marten as a threatened species.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Ariz.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 11/30/2020 ]
Description: Action to compel response to a petition to revise the critical habitat for Mount Graham red squirrel to include lower elevation mixed-conifer forest.
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North Slope Borough v. Ross

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Alaska
Status: Complaint filed. [ 07/24/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel action on a petition to delist the Arctic ringed seal under the Endangered Species Act.
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Indigenous Environmental Network v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 12/04/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to federal actions authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline project.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Ariz.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/13/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging federal defendants’ failures to take actions to protect the endangered New Mexico meadow jumping mouse.
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Bold Alliance v. U.S. Department of the Interior

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 07/14/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to right-of-way and temporary use permit for Keystone XL to cross federal lands.
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Buffalo Field Campaign v. Skipwith

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 03/23/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to denial of request for status review of distinct population segment of Yellowstone bison.
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Backcountry Against Dumps v. U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 07/08/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to authorization of a lease for development, construction, operation, and maintenance of renewable energy generation facilities, including 60 wind turbines.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. La.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 03/19/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to make a final determination on the proposed listing of the eastern black rail.
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