Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Veneman

490 F.3d 725 ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND; Animal Welfare Institute; Valerie Buchanan; Jane Garrison; Nancy Megna, Plaintiffs-Appellants, National Association for Biomedical Research, Intervenor-Appellee, v. Ann M. VENEMAN; Bobby R. Acord; Chester A. Gipson, Defendants-Appellees. No. 04-15788. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Filed June 4, 2007. Howard M. Crystal, Katherine A. Meyer, Meyer & Glitzenstein, Bruce A. Wagman, Schiff Hardin LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants. Robert A. Long, Jr., Covington & Burling, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Appellee. Michael Jay Singer, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division/Appellate Staff, John S. Koppel, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees. Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, BARRY G. SILVERMAN, M. MARGARET McKEOWN, KIM McLANE WARDLAW, RAYMOND C. FISHER, RONALD M. GOULD, RICHARD A. PAEZ, RICHARD C. TALLMAN, RICHARD R. CLIFTON, JAY S. BYBEE, CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, CARLOS T. BEA, and SANDRA S. IKUTA, Circuit Judges. Order; Concurrence by Judge BYBEE; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge THOMAS. ORDER Appellant's motion to dismiss is GRANTED. The…