Animal Legal Defense Fund v. U.S. Department of Interior et al

  1. November 16, 2022

    Judge Keeps Trump-Era ESA Rules In Place, Pending Review

    A California federal judge who this year nullified a number of steps the Trump administration took to weaken the Endangered Species Act opted Wednesday to leave those policies in place, following their revival, at least until the federal government decides whether it will revise them.

  2. August 15, 2022

    Trump-Era Species Regs Should Go Back To FWS, Court Told

    Federal regulators have asked a California federal judge to let them revise several measures that the Trump administration took to weaken the Endangered Species Act, arguing that the court should not have repealed those policies when it remanded them to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last month.

  3. August 08, 2022

    Calif. Judge Urged To Keep Nix Of Species Rules In Place

    The federal government, multiple states and a slew of conservation groups are urging a California federal judge not to pause his order vacating Trump-era Endangered Species Act regulations, arguing an appeal of the decision is not likely to succeed.

  4. July 29, 2022

    Groups Say High Court Ruling Muddies Toss Of Species Rules

    Environmental and animal rights groups have asked a California federal judge to change his earlier order vacating Trump-era Endangered Species Act regulations so he rules on the merits, a step they say is necessary in light of an April U.S. Supreme Court decision.

  5. July 22, 2022

    9th Circ. Asked To Revive Nixed Endangered Species Rules

    More than a dozen conservative states, as well as groups representing the farming and fossil-fuel industries, want the Ninth Circuit to reinstate several measures the Trump administration took to weaken the Endangered Species Act, after a federal judge voided them earlier this month.

  6. July 06, 2022

    Calif. Court Overturns Trump-Era Endangered Species Rules

    A California federal court overturned on Tuesday several steps that the Trump administration took to weaken the Endangered Species Act, after the government last year cited "substantial concerns" with those measures and said it intended either to revise or rescind them.

  7. December 10, 2021

    Biden Admin. Asks Court To Remand Trump-Era ESA Rules

    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service on Friday asked a California federal judge to remand three controversial Endangered Species Act rules promulgated by the Trump administration.

  8. August 16, 2021

    U.S. Wants To Pause Suits Over Endangered Species Changes

    The federal government has asked a California judge to stay litigation filed by environmental groups and a coalition of states challenging the Trump administration's Endangered Species Act rollbacks, saying Friday that it needs time to reconsider the policies.

  9. May 18, 2020

    Green Groups Lose Bids To Challenge ESA Rollbacks

    A California federal judge on Monday tossed two lawsuits filed by environmentalists and animal rights activists alleging the federal government's recent Endangered Species Act rollbacks failed to analyze the harm that could result from the changes — but a similar case brought by states survived.

  10. January 08, 2020

    States, Enviros Bash Trump's Effort To End ESA Fight

    A host of states and conservation groups challenging the Trump administration's recent rollback of Endangered Species Act protections have fought to keep their lawsuits alive, telling a California federal court that the government is wrong to think they lack standing.