Legal Opinion
WildEarth Guardians v. United States Department of Justice
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided July 27, 2015No. CV-13-392-TUC DCBPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
David C. Bury, United States District Judge
The Court denies the Motion to Dismiss and allows Plaintiffs to file a Second Amended Complaint to conform the pleading to the evidence, with Defendant to answer thereafter.
Plaintiffs, WildEarth Guardians and New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, challenge a United States Department of Justice (DOJ) litigation policy: the “McKittrick Policy.” In United States v. McKittrick, 142 F.3d 1170, 1177 (9th Cir.1998), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the knowledge element for the criminal misdemeanor offense of “taking” an endangered species…
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