Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

ELR Citation: 53 ELR 20158
No(s). 21-791 (TJK) (D.D.C. Sep 30, 2023) (Kelly, J.)

A district court denied an environmental group's motion for summary judgment in a challenge to FWS' 2019 decision to reclassify the American burying beetle under the ESA from endangered to threatened. The group argued the Service violated the ESA by downlisting the beetle based on inadequate data an...