Raimondo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 THE CALIFORNIA NATURAL No. 1:20−CV−00426−DAD−EPG RESOURCES AGENCY, et al..,

ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS FOR

Plaintiff, PERMISSIVE INTERVENTION WITH CONDITIONS ON BRIEFING v. (Doc. Nos. 13 & 24) WILBUR ROSS, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiffs, the People of the State of California, California’s Natural Resources Agency (Resources Agency), and California’s Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) (collectively, “California”), bring this lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NFMS), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), and various official representatives of those agencies. (Doc. No. 51, First Amended Complaint (FAC).) Plaintiffs’ first and second claims for relief challenge the adoption by NMFS and FWS, respectively, of “biological opinions” prepared pursuant to the Endangered Species Act (ESA), 16 U.S.C §…