Sierra Forest Legacy v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 SIERRA FOREST LEGACY, a project of Case No. 20-cv-05800-BLF the TIDES CENTER; DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE; and CENTER FOR
BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS’
MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE; Plaintiffs, AND GRANTING MOTION TO INTERVENE v. [Re: ECF 16, 25]
U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE;
DAVID BERNHARDT, in his capacity as Secretary of the Interior; and AURELIA SKIPWITH, in her capacity as Director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 14 Defendants. 15 This action challenges the determination of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (“Service”) that the California spotted owl is not entitled to protection as an endangered species or a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq. See 12-Month Finding for the California Spotted Owl (“12-Month Finding”), 84 Fed. Reg. 60371, 60372 (Nov. 8, 2019). Plaintiffs are…