A district court granted summary judgment for a fisheries biologist in a challenge to the Army Corps of Engineers' flood control operations at a California dam. The biologist argued the operations, which released water from the dam into the Russian River, violated §9 of the ESA by unlawfully "takin...

A district court denied the Biden Administration's motion to stay an ongoing climate change lawsuit brought by 21 young people. The U.S. government argued the suit must be stayed because there was a substantial likelihood the Ninth Circuit would grant its petition for mandamus. The court found the g...

A district court granted in part and denied in part summary judgment for a conservation group in a challenge to NMFS' management of the Pacific sardine under the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) and NEPA. The group argued NMFS' plan to rebuild the sardine population after it was declared overfished in 201...