Protect Our Communities Foundation v. U.S. Department of Agriculture

Filing Date: 2011
Case Categories:
Principal Laws:
Administrative Procedure Act (APA), Endangered Species Act (ESA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), National Forest Management Act (NFMA)
Description: Challenge to transmission line project.
  • Protect Our Communities Foundation v. U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Docket number(s): 3:11-cv-00093
    Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Cal.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    11/01/2013 Order Download Joint motion regarding voluntary dismissal granted.
    10/24/2013 Motion Download Joint motion filed regarding voluntary dismissal.
    01/13/2012 Order Download Plaintiffs' motion for injunction pending appeal denied.
    09/15/2011 Order Download Motion for preliminary injunction denied. The federal district court for the Southern District of California denied the plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction blocking a 117-mile transmission line. The court that the plaintiffs had not show that they were likely to succeed on the merits, including on their claim that climate change impacts had not been adequately reviewed, or that the balance of equities or public interest favored granting an injunction.
    01/14/2011 Complaint Download Complaint filed.
  • Protect Our Communities Foundation v. U.S. Department of Agriculture
    Docket number(s): 11-56917
    Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    06/11/2012 Memorandum Download Order denying motion for preliminary injunction affirmed.