CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY v. LITTLE

Case No. 1:21-cv-00479-CWD.

724 F.Supp.3d 1113 (2024)

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, Footloose Montana, Friends of the Clearwater, Gallatin Wildlife Association, Global Indigenous Council, the Humane Society of the United States, International Wildlife Coexistence Network, Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment, Sierra Club, Trap Free Montana, Western Watersheds Project, Wilderness Watch, and Wolves of the Rockies, Plaintiffs, v. Brad LITTLE, Governor of Idaho; Jim Frederick, Director of Idaho Department of Fish & Game; and Derick Attebury, Dave Bobbitt, Greg Cameron, Jordan Cheirrett, Ron Davies, Don Ebert, Tim Murphy, Members of the Idaho Fish and Wildlife Commission, Defendants, and Idaho Trappers Association, National Trappers Association, and Fur Takers of America, Inc., Defendant-Intervenors.

United States District Court, D. Idaho.

Signed March 19, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin James Scrimshaw, Pro Hac Vice, Bozeman, MT, Mary Elizabeth Cochenour, Pro Hac Vice, Earthjustice, Bozeman, MT, Emily Qiu, Pro Hac Vice, Belgrade, MT, Shiloh Silvan Hernandez, Pro Hac Vice, Western Enviornmental Law Center, Helena, MT, Dana M. Johnson, Moscow, ID, for Plaintiffs.

Kathleen Elizabeth Trever, Scott L. Campbell, Owen Hugh Moroney, Idaho Office of the Attorney General, Boise, ID, for Defendants.

David P. Claiborne, Sawtooth Law Offices, PLLC, Boise, ID, Gary Russell Leistico, Pro Hac Vice, Leistico & Esch PLLC, Clear Lake, MN, for Defendant-Intervenors.


MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs challenge Idaho Senate Bill 1211, passed and signed into law in May of 2021, and Defendants' continued authorization of wolf trapping and snaring in grizzly bear habitat.1 Am. Compl. ¶¶ 1...

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