Bonta

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Boot Barn, Inc. and Dan Post Boot Company, No. 2:22-cev-02105-KJM-CKD Plaintiffs, ORDER v. Rob Bonta, 1S Defendant. 16 Boot Barn, Inc. and the Dan Post Boot Company sell western wear. They would like to 18 sell boots and other products made from the leather of several species of large lizards known as Teju, Nile and Ring lizards, but the California Penal Code bars trade in products made from those 20 lizards. Boot Barn and Dan Post contend in this lawsuit that the federal Endangered Species Act and related federal regulations implicitly preempt California from enforcing its prohibition. As explained in this order, the court cannot agree: the federal laws and regulations in question do not 23 imply states must permit trade in Teyu, Nile and Ring lizard products. The court grants the state’s 24 and the intervening defendants’ motions for summary judgment, and denies plaintiffs’ motions. 25 I. BACKGROUND…