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

The parties agreed that U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would review the dunes sagebrush lizard's status as threatened or endangered and submit a finding by June 29, 2023.

Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of New Mexico challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s alleged failure to publish a 12-month finding in response to CBD’s petition to list the dunes sagebrush lizard under the Endangered Species Act. CBD alleged that impacts from climate change were among the threats faced by the lizard. CBD asked the court to declare that the FWS had violated the Endangered Species Act and to require the FWS to publish a 12-month listing determination by a date certain.