Sprague

Southwest Center for Biological Diversity v. Sprague

Good Law
10 F. App'x 464
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMarch 26, 2001Nos. 00-15568, 00-15571; D.C. Nos. CV-98-2434-SC, CV-99-0512-SCCalifornia519 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM

In these consolidated appeals, Barret H. Wetherby and Gerald Hobbs each appeal *465 pro se the district court’s order granting a voluntary dismissal pursuant to a settlement agreement between the Southwest Center for Biological Diversity (“Southwest”) and the federal defendants. 3 Gerald Hobbs also appeals the district court’s summary judgment in his related action where he sought the same relief as Southwest. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . See Nevada v. Burford, 918 F.2d 854, 855 (9th Cir.1990). We affirm the summary judgment in appeal No. 00-15585 and dismiss appeal No. 00-15568 and appeal No. 00-15571.

We review summary judgment de novo. Alaska Ctr. for the Env’t v. United States Forest Serv., 189 F.3d 851, 857 (9th Cir.1999). Because the resolution of the Southwest litigation had achieved the very result sought in Hobbs’ complaint, the district court properly determined that Hobbs’ action was moot. Cf. Ecological Rights Found. v. Pac. Lumber Co., 230 F.3d 1141, 1153 (9th Cir.2000) (“An action becomes moot if the controversy is no longer live because an event occurs that precludes the court from ordering effective relief[.]”). We therefore…

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