Pesticide Action Network North America v. Williams

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK NORTH Case No. 24-cv-06324-JSC AMERICA,, et al., 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER RE: MOTION TO ADMIT 9 EXTRA-RECORD EVIDENCE v. 10 Re: Dkt. No. 59 PAUL SOUZA, et al., 11 Defendants.

12 13 Pesticide Action Network North America, Center for Biological Diversity, and Center for 14 Food Safety (“Plaintiffs”) challenge a 2022 biological opinion issued by U.S. Fish and Wildlife 15 Service (“FWS”) regarding malathion, a pesticide active ingredient. In May 2025, Plaintiffs 16 moved for summary judgment, arguing FWS’s biological opinion is arbitrary and capricious. 17 (Dkt. No. 59.)1 That motion will be argued in January 2026. Plaintiffs simultaneously moved to 18 admit extra-record evidence to supplement the administrative record (Dkt. No. 59), which is now 19 pending before the Court. FWS and Paul Souza (“Federal Defendants”) oppose admission of 20 certain exhibits, and CropLife America—who intervened in this action—“opposes admission of 21 the…