Desert Survivors v. US Department of the Interior

ORDER RE MOTION TO COMPLETE THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD

JOSEPH C. SPERO, Chief Magistrate Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

In this case, Plaintiffs challenge (1) the decision of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“Service” or “FWS”) to withdraw the proposed listing of the Bi-State Sage-Grouse as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1544, and (2) the new listing policy on which that reversal was based, namely, the Service’s “Final Policy on Interpretation of the Phrase ‘Significant Portion of its Range’ in the Endangered Species Act” (the “SPR Policy”). The Service…