Legal Opinion
Animal Legal Def. Fund, Inc. v. Perdue
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided February 16, 2018No. Case No. 16–914 (CRC)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiff's motion for attorneys' fees and costs is granted in the amount of $12,169.14.
I. Background
In July 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's ("USDA") Animal and Plant *317Health Inspection Service ("APHIS") filed an enforcement action against the owner of the Cricket Hollow Zoo in Manchester, Iowa. The plaintiff in this case, Animal Legal Defense Fund ("ALDF"), moved to intervene in that administrative proceeding but its motion was denied by the presiding administrative law judge. ALDF then appealed…
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