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Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Geography
🇺🇸 United States / District of Columbia
Year
2021
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
Center for Biological Diversity v. Haaland

About this case

Filing year
2021
Status
Case closed and parties directed to make future filings in another case (Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt, No. 20-cv-573).
Geography
🇺🇸 United States → District of Columbia
Docket number
1:21-cv-01045
Court/admin entity
United States → United States District Court for the District of Columbia (D.D.C.)United States → United States Federal Courts
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims (US) → Endangered Species Act and Other Wildlife Protection Statutes (US)
Principal law
United States → Endangered Species Act (ESA)
At issue
Lawsuit to compel classification of nine species as endangered or threatened and designation of critical habitat for 10 listed species.
Topics
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Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics 
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03/15/2022
Case closed and parties directed to make future filings in another case (Center for Biological Diversity v. Bernhardt, No. 20-cv-573).
Decision
02/11/2022
Joint status report and second joint motion to continue stay filed.
Status Report
08/16/2021
Joint motion to enter into mediation and to stay proceedings granted and case stayed pending further order of the court.
Decision
07/22/2021
Joint motion to enter into mediation and to stay proceedings filed by the parties.
Motion
04/15/2021
Complaint filed.
Center for Biological Diversity filed an Endangered Species Act lawsuit in federal court in the District of Columbia to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to classify nine species as endangered or threatened and to designate critical habitat for 10 listed species. The complaint alleged that the 19 species (five insects, 11 plants, a mammal, and two aquatic species) “are at risk of extinction due to habitat degradation and destruction, climate change, and other threats.”
Complaint

Summary

Lawsuit to compel classification of nine species as endangered or threatened and designation of critical habitat for 10 listed species.

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Group
Topics
Risk
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience
Finance