Center for Biological Diversity v. Kempthorne

Filing Date: 2008
Case Categories:
Principal Laws:
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Description: Challenge to failure to list the American pika as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
  • Center for Biological Diversity v. Kempthorne
    Docket number(s): 08-cv-01936
    Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Cal.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    02/12/2009 Settlement Agreement Settlement filed. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed to consider whether to list the American pika as a protected species under the federal Endangered Species Act. FWS said it would make its assessment by May 2009.
    08/19/2008 Complaint Download Complaint filed. Conservation group sought protection for the American pika, a small member of the rabbit family, under the federal Endangered Species Act. The lawsuit against the Fish and Wildlife Service alleged that the federal agency did not issue a timely finding on the group's petition to list the pika as a "threatened" species under the federal Act. The complaint alleged that global warming had "already extracted a heavy toll" on the pika.