Cent. Sierra Envtl. Res. Ctr. v. Stanislaus Nat'l Forest

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CENTRAL SIERRA ENVIRONMENTAL No. 19-16711

RESOURCE CENTER; SIERRA FOREST

LEGACY, D.C. No. Plaintiffs-Appellants, 1:17-cv-00441-

LJO-SAB

v.

STANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST; OPINION

UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE;

JASON KUIKEN, Forest Supervisor of Stanislaus National Forest, Defendants-Appellees,

ROBERT BRENNAN; SHERRINE

BRENNAN; JESSE RIEDEL; JENNY

RIEDEL; CLIFTON HODGE;

CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU

FEDERATION; CALIFORNIA

CATTLEMEN’S ASSOCIATION;

STANISLAUS NATIONAL FOREST

GRAZING PERMITEES ASSOCIATION,

Intervenor-Defendants- Appellees. CSERC V. STANISLAUS NAT’L FOREST

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Lawrence J. O’Neill, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 14, 2020 San Francisco, California

Filed April 8, 2022

Before: Ferdinand F. Fernandez, Kim McLane Wardlaw, and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Collins

SUMMARY *

Environmental Law

The panel affirmed the district court’s summary judgment order, in which the district court rejected…