National Association Of Home Builders v. Gale A. Norton

325 F.3d 1165 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS; Southern Arizona Home Builders Association; Home Builders Association of Central Arizona, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Defenders of Wildlife; Southwest Center for Biodiversity; Friends of the Owls; Peter Galvin, Intervenors-Appellees, v. Gale A. NORTON; Jamie Rappaport Clark; Fish and Wildlife Service, Defendants-Appellees. No. 02-15212. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 10, 2003. Filed April 11, 2003. Norman D. James, Fennemore Craig, Phoenix, AZ, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Jeffrey R. Keohane, U.S. Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellees. Michael P. Senatore, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, D.C., for the intervenors-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona; Susan R. Bolton, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV 00-903 SRB. Before NOONAN, TASHIMA, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges. ORDER 1 In this action, plaintiffs challenged the actions of the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS"), (1) listing the distinct population segment ("DPS")…