NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE v. ZINKE

CV 17-119-M-DLC.

NORTHERN CHEYENNE TRIBE; SIERRA CLUB; CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; and NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION, Plaintiffs, v. RYAN ZINKE, as Secretary of the Department of the Interior; GREG SHEEHAN, as acting director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; HILARY COOLEY, Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator; and the UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, a federal agency, Federal-Defendants, and STATE OF WYOMING, Defendant-Intervenor.

United States District Court, D. Montana, Missoula Division.

November 13, 2017.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 16 U.S.C. § 1538
Cause: 16 U.S.C. § 1538 Endangered Species Act
Nature of Suit: 893 Environmental Matters
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Plaintiff, represented by Joshua Osborne-Klein , ZIONTZ CHESTNUT VARNELL BERLEY & SLONIM, pro hac vice.

Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Plaintiff, represented by Joshua R. Purtle , EARTHJUSTICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND & Timothy J. Preso , EARTHJUSTICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND.

Sierra Club, Plaintiff, represented by Joshua R. Purtle , EARTHJUSTICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND & Timothy J. Preso , EARTHJUSTICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND.

Center for Biological Diversity, Plaintiff, represented by Joshua R. Purtle , EARTHJUSTICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND & Timothy J. Preso , EARTHJUSTICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND.

National Parks Conservation Association, Plaintiff, represented by Joshua R. Purtle , EARTHJUSTICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND & Timothy J. Preso , EARTHJUSTICE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND.

Ryan Zinke, Defendant, represented by Coby Howell , OFFICE OF THE U.S. ATTORNEY & Michael Richard Eitel , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Environment and Natural Resources Division.

Greg Sheehan, Defendant, represented by Coby Howell , OFFICE OF THE U.S. ATTORNEY & Michael Richard Eitel , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Environment and Natural Resources Division.

Hilary Cooley, Defendant, represented by Coby Howell , OFFICE OF THE U.S. ATTORNEY & Michael Richard Eitel , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Environment and Natural Resources Division.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Defendant, represented by Coby Howell , OFFICE OF THE U.S. ATTORNEY & Michael Richard Eitel , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Environment and Natural Resources Division.

State of Wyoming, Intervenor Defendant, represented by Adrian Ann Miller , SULLIVAN MILLER LAW PLLC & Erik Edward Petersen , WYOMING ATTORNEY GENERAL, pro hac vice.


ORDER

Before the Court are five cases involving the delisting of the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem grizzly bear ("GYE grizzly bear") from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife under the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"): Crow Indian Tribe et al. v. United States of America et...

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