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Documents
Filing Date
Type
Action Taken
Document
Summary
08/01/2022
Decision
Proceedings stayed to allow rules rescinding the challenged rules to become effective.
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12/27/2021
Response
Industry defendant-intervenors filed response to motion for voluntary remand.
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12/27/2021
Response
State intervenors filed response to motion for voluntary remand without vacatur.
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12/27/2021
Opposition
Private landowner intervenors filed partial opposition to motion for voluntary remand.
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12/23/2021
Opposition
Plaintiffs filed joint opposition to motion for voluntary remand without vacatur.
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12/10/2021
Motion
Federal defendants filed motion for voluntary remand and response to plaintiffs' motions for summary judgment.
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09/20/2021
Decision
Court so-ordered stipulation to continue stay of proceedings until July 15, 2022.
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01/19/2021
Complaint
Complaint filed.
States and New York City filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the Northern District of California challenging two regulations adopted under the Endangered Species Act in December 2020. The plaintiffs asserted that the first rule, which defines the statutory term “habitat,” “fails to account for species’ need to expand their current ranges or to migrate to currently unoccupied habitat in response to existential threats such as climate change and habitat destruction to ensure species recovery and survival as mandated by the [Endangered Species Act].” The plaintiffs asserted that the process established by the second rule, the “Habitat Exclusion Rule,” would exclude more areas from critical habitat designation and protection under the Endangered Species Act. The states alleged that the rules violated the Endangered Species Act, NEPA, and the Administrative Procedure Act.
Summary
Challenge to final rules under the Endangered Species Act defining "habitat" and revising the regulations for designating critical habitat.