McFsc

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES FOR FIRE No. 20-55660

SAFETY; LOS PADRES

FORESTWATCH; EARTH ISLAND D.C. No. INSTITUTE, 2:19-cv-06539- Plaintiffs-Appellants, CAS-AFM

v.

OPINION

KEVIN ELLIOTT, in his official capacity as the Forest Supervisor of the Los Padres National Forest;

UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Christina A. Snyder, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 12, 2021 Pasadena, California

Filed February 4, 2022

Before: Ryan D. Nelson and Kenneth K. Lee, Circuit Judges, and Sidney H. Stein, * District Judge.

* The Honorable Sidney H. Stein, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation. Opinion by Judge Lee; Dissent by Judge Stein

SUMMARY **

Environmental Law

The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment for the U.S. Forest Service in an action brought by several nonprofit groups concerning the Service’s proposed…