Conservation Force v. Jewell

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) CONSERVATION FORCE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 12-cv-1665 (KBJ) ) SALLY JEWELL, Secretary of the U.S. ) Department of the Interior, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION In 2009, the Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) denied a series of permit applications that would have allowed certain individuals to import hunting trophies of Canadian bison into the United States. In a search for documents related to that FWS determination, Plaintiff Conservation Force (“Plaintiff”), a nonprofit foundation, submitted a…