Center for Biological Diversity v. Jewell

Filing Date: 2013
Case Categories:
Principal Laws:
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Description: Action to compel findings as to endangered or threatened status of nine species.
  • Center for Biological Diversity v. Jewell
    Docket number(s): 1:13-cv-00975
    Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    09/23/2013 Settlement Agreement Download Stipulated settlement agreement filed.
    06/27/2013 Complaint Download Complaint filed. Plaintiff commenced an action against the Secretary of the Interior and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service alleging that they failed to make statutorily-required findings on whether to list nine species as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act.  Climate change and sea level rise are among the alleged threats to the species.