FARM SANCTUARY v. US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

6:19-cv-06910 EAW.

706 F.Supp.3d 381 (2023)

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.

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

Signed December 12, 2023.


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, 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, for Plaintiff Animal Equality.

Hannah M.M. Connor, Center for Biological Diversity, St. Petersburg, FL, Jessica L. Blome, Greenfire Law, PC, Berkeley, CA, Larissa Ursula Liebmann, Animal Legal Defense Fund, New York, NY, Holly Bainbridge, Pro Hac Vice, Farmstand, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff Animal Legal Defense Fund.

Jessica L. Blome, Greenfire Law, PC, Berkeley, CA, for Plaintiff Animal Outlook.

Hannah M. Solomon-Strauss, U.S. Department of Justice — Civil Division, Washington, DC, Sean Christian Duffy, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, DC, Michael Andrew Zee, U.S. DOJ Civil Division, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants.


DECISION AND ORDER

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. They challenge...

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