FARM SANCTUARY v. U.S. DEP'T OF AGRICULTURE

6:19-CV-06910 6:20-CV-06081.

545 F.Supp.3d 50 (2021)

FARM SANCTUARY, Animal Equity, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Center for Biological Diversity, Mercy for Animals, Inc., North Carolina Farmed Animal Save, Animal Outlook, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Paul Kiecker, in his official capacity as Food Safety and Inspection Service Administrator, Defendants. Farm Sanctuary, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Animal Outlook, Animal Welfare Institute, Compassion in World Farming, Farm Forward, Mercy for Animals, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. United States Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Thomas Vilsack, in his official capacity as Secretary of Agriculture, Paul Kiecker, in his official capacity as Food Safety and Inspection Service Administrator, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. New York.

Signed June 28, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hannah M.M. Connor, Center for Biological Diversity, St. Petersburg, FL, Jessica L. Blome, Greenfire Law, PC, Berkeley, CA, Delcianna Joy Winders, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT, for Plaintiffs Farm Sanctuary, Center for Biological Diversity, Mercy For Animals, Inc., North Carolina Farmed Animal Save.

Hannah M.M. Connor, Center for Biological Diversity, St. Petersburg, FL, Jessica L. Blome, Greenfire Law, PC, Berkeley, CA, Sarah K. Hanneken, Pro Hac Vice, Animal Equalty, Los Angeles, CA, Delcianna Joy Winders, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT, for Plaintiff Animal Equality.

Cristina Stella, Pro Hac Vice, Kelsey R. Eberly, Pro Hac Vice, Cotati, CA, Hannah M.M. Connor, Center for Biological Diversity, St. Petersburg, FL, Jessica L. Blome, Greenfire Law, PC, Berkeley, CA, Delcianna Joy Winders, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT, for Plaintiff Animal Legal Defense Fund.

Jessica L. Blome, Greenfire Law, PC, Berkeley, CA, Delcianna Joy Winders, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, VT, for Plaintiff Animal Outlook.

Bradley Thomas Craigmyle, U.S. Department of Justice — Civil Division, Sean Christian Duffy, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, for Defendants.


INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs are nonprofit organizations working to protect animals, people, and environments from industrial animal agriculture, and to ensure that laws intended to regulate industrial animal agriculture are properly implemented. In the above two captioned...

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