Pesticide Action Network North America v. Williams

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK NORTH Case No. 24-cv-06324-JSC AMERICA,, et al., 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER RE: MOTION TO INTERVENE v. Re: Dkt. No. 26 MARTHA WILLIAMS, et al., 11 Defendants.

12 Pesticide Action Network North America, Center for Biological Diversity, and Center for Food Safety (“Plaintiffs”) challenge a biological opinion issued by Director Martha Williams and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Federal Defendants”) regarding malathion, a pesticide active ingredient. The biological opinion “assesse[d] the effects of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (‘EPA’) registration of pesticide products containing the active ingredient Malathion . . . on endangered and threatened species and critical habitats protected by” the Endangered Species Act. (Dkt. No. 1 ¶ 1.) Plaintiffs allege the opinion “is arbitrary, capricious, or otherwise not in accordance with the [Endangered Species Act].” (Id.) On November 26, 2024, about…