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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 24 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SAVE THE COLORADO; et al., No. 23-15247

Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No. 3:19-cv-08285-MTL

v.

MEMORANDUM*

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR;

DEB HAALAND, Secretary of the Interior,

Defendants-Appellees,

COLORADO RIVER ENERGY

DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION; et al.,

Intervenor-Defendants- Appellees, ______________________________

STATE OF NEW MEXICO,

Intervenor.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Michael T. Liburdi, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 6, 2024 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: MURGUIA, Chief Judge, and HAWKINS and JOHNSTONE, Circuit

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Judges.

Save the Colorado, Living Rivers, and Center for Biological Diversity

(collectively, “Appellants”) appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment

for the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Secretary of the Interior…