Status: Motion to dismiss granted, with leave to amend complaint. [ 10/20/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to issue updated stock assessment reports under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, including for species threatened by climate change impacts.
Status: Federal defendants filed memorandum of points and authorities in support of cross-motion for summary judgment and opposing plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment. [ 08/26/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to federal authorizations for a multi-use development in the City of Chico.
Description: Lawsuit asserting that the adoption and continued implementation of the America's Marine Highway Program required consultation under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act.
Description: Challenge to biological opinions assessing the likely effects of proposed Bureau of Land Management forest management projects on the Northern Spotted Owl and its critical habitat.
Status: Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part. [ 03/31/2022 ]
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.
Status: Reply filed by San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority in support of cross-motion for summary judgment. [ 01/17/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the environmental review and approvals for a 2019-2024 water transfer program from sellers upstream of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta to downstream buyers that allegedly would exacerbate climate change impacts on groundwater resources.
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.
Status: Parties' stipulation granted and action dismissed with prejudice. [ 04/14/2021 ]
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.
Status: Motion for voluntary remand granted and 2020 withdrawal vacated. [ 05/26/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the withdrawal of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's proposed rule to list the North American wolverine in the contiguous United States as a threatened distinct population segment.