Devils Garden Preservation Group v. U.S. Forest Service
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEVILS GARDEN PRESERVATION No. 2:17-cv-02185-MCE-KJN GROUP, et al., 12 Plaintiffs, ORDER v.
UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE,
et al., Defendants. 17 The American Wild Horse Campaign (“AWHC”), Animal Legal Defense Fund (“ALDF”), and Carla Bowers (collectively “Proposed Intervenors”) move to intervene in this lawsuit as a matter of right under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(a)(2). Here, Proposed Intervenors renew a previously filed Motion to Intervene (ECF No. 18) which this Court denied “without prejudice to refiling” based solely on a request for a stay by Plaintiffs and Defendants. ECF No. 60. That stay was recently ordered lifted by the Court. ECF No. 76. Regarding Proposed Intervenors’ original Motion to Intervene, the parties took no position on the motion. See ECF No. 24 (“Defendants . . . take no position on the motion 27 1 All further references to “Rule” or “Rules” are to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure unless otherwise…