Ross
National Pork Producers Council v. Ross
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS Case No.: 19-cv-02324 W (AHG)
COUNCIL & AMERICAN FARM
BUREAU FEDERATION, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT-
INTERVENORS’ MOTION TO Plaintiffs,
INTERVENE [DOC. 16]
13 v. 14 KAREN ROSS, in her official capacity as Secretary of the California Department of Food & Agriculture, et al., 16 Defendants.
18 Before this Court is the unopposed motion by The Humane Society of the United States, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Animal Equality, The Humane League, Farm Sanctuary, Compassion in World Farming USA, and Compassion Over Killing (collectively “Proposed Defendant-Intervenors”) seeking leave to intervene as defendants. For the reasons discussed below, the Court GRANTS the motion. [Doc. 16.] Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24, a party may seek to intervene as of right or with leave of the Court. “A motion for permissive intervention pursuant to Rule 24(b) is directed to the sound discretion of the district court.” San…