Center for Biological Diversity, Inc. v. de la Vega

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL Case No. 21-cv-01182-JCS DIVERSITY, INC., et al., 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO DISMISS v. Re: Dkt. No. 17 DEBRA HAALAND, et al., 11 Defendants.

12 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) and Turtles Island Restoration Network (“TIRN”) bring this case against Defendants the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior, Debra Haaland,1 in her official capacity and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the “Service”), asserting that Defendants failed to revise the Stock Assessment Reports (“SARs”) for nine stocks of protected mammals—certain populations of sea otters, polar bears, walruses, and manatees—as required by the Marine Mammals Protection Act (“MMPA”) and the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”). Compl. (dkt. 1) ¶ 1. Defendants move to dismiss for lack of Article III standing and failure to state a claim on which relief may be granted, citing only…