ELR Citation: 49 ELR 20114
No(s). 17-2313 (JDB) (D.D.C. Jul 3, 2019) (Bates, J.)

A district court dismissed a challenge to FWS' denial of a petition to remove the coastal California gnatcatcher from the ESA's threatened species list. Advocacy groups argued the Service's denial of their petition to delist the bird species violated the ESA because the decision was not based on an ...