Center for Biological Diversity v. Haaland

Filing Date: 2022
Case Categories:
Principal Laws:
Administrative Procedure Act (APA), Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Description: Lawsuit to compel the designation of critical habitat for the Miami tiger beetle.
  • Center for Biological Diversity v. Haaland
    Docket number(s): 1:22-cv-23765
    Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Fla.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    11/16/2022 Complaint Download Complaint filed. Lawsuit Sought Critical Habitat Designation for Endangered Beetle. Center for Biological Diversity and three other groups filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the Southern District of Florida seeking to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to designate critical habitat for the Miami tiger beetle, which the FWS listed as endangered in October 2016. The complaint alleged that the beetle and its habitat in “patches of pine rockland … in Miami-Dade County” were threatened by urban development and other factors, including climate change and sea level rise. In a stipulation resolving earlier litigation, the FWS agreed to issue a final determination on designation of critical habitat for the beetle by August 2021.