California Native Plant Society v. United States Environmental Protection Agency

ORDER REGARDING DISPUTES OVER JURISDICTIONAL DISCOVERY

MARTIN J. JENKINS, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Before the Court are several discovery-disputes raised by letter briefs from Plaintiffs California Native Plant Society, Defenders of Wildlife, and Butte Environmental Council (collectively “Plaintiffs”) and federal agency Defendants Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”), and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS”) (collectively “Agencies”).

The letter briefs contest whether Agencies correctly withheld documents from discovery based on the deliberative…