Usfws

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FRIENDS OF ANIMALS, No. 21-35062 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 6:17-cv-00860- AA

UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE

SERVICE, an agency of the United States; MARTHA WILLIAMS, in her OPINION official capacity as the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Ann L. Aiken, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 17, 2021 Pasadena, California

Filed March 4, 2022

Before: Johnnie B. Rawlinson and Kenneth K. Lee, Circuit Judges, and Matthew F. Kennelly, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Lee

* The Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

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