Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

MEMORANDUM **

Appellants appeal the district court’s decision to grant summary judgment in favor of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). We review de novo the district court’s conclusion that Appellants failed to meet their burden to come forward with sufficient evidence to create a genuine issue of material fact as to whether they satisfied the injury in fact, causation, and redressability elements of standing. Central Delta Water Agency v. Bureau of Reclamation, 452 F.3d 1021, 1025 (9th Cir.2006). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

“[T]o satisfy Article Ill’s standing requirements, a plaintiff must show (1) it has suffered an ‘injury in fact’ that is (a) concrete and particularized and (b) actual or imminent, not conjectural or hypothetical; (2) the injury is fairly traceable to the challenged action of the defendant; and (3) it is likely, as opposed to merely speculative, that the injury will be redressed by a favorable decision.” Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Envtl. Servs.(TOC), Inc., 528 U.S. 167, 180-81 , 120 S.Ct. 693 , 145 L.Ed.2d 610 (2000) (citing Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555, 560-561 , 112…