• Sierra Club v. Bureau of Land Management

    Publication Date: 2015-05-27
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    Date Filed: 2015-05-27
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Anthony W. Ishii, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Richard C. Tallman and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges, and Raymond J. Dearie, Senior District Judge.**
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Matthew Vespa, Sierra Club, San Francisco, California; Jason C. Rylander (argued), Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, D.C.; Lisa T. Belenky, Center for Biological Diversity, San Francisco, California; and Babak Naficy, Law Offices of Babak Naficy, San Luis Obispo, California, for Plaintiff-Appellants.
    for defendant: Robert G. Dreher, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Jared Pettinato, Stephen Finn, Bradley H. Oliphant, and Lane N. McFadden (argued), Attorneys, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C.; and Gregory Russell, United States Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees.

    Case Number: No. 13-15383

    Cite as 14 C.D.O.S. 5232 SIERRA CLUB; CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE, Plaintiffs-Appellants