Humane Soc. of US v. Johanns

MEMORANDUM OPINION

COLLEEN KOLLAR-KOTELLY, District Judge.

Two claims remain in the instant action, found in Claim I and Claim III of Plaintiffs’ Amended Complaint. In Claim III, Plaintiffs allege that, “by creating a fee-for-service ante-mortem horse slaughter inspection system without first conducting any environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act [(NEPA)], 42 U.S.C. § 4321, et seq., [United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)] has violated NEPA and the [Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ’s)] implementing regulations, abused its discretion, and acted arbitrarily…