In Re Polar Bear Endangered Species Act Listing & § 4(d) Rule Litigation

TRANSFER ORDER

JOHN G. HEYBURN II, Chairman.

Before the entire Panel *: Intervenor defendant Alaska Oil and Gas Association in an action in the Northern District of California (Center for Biological Diversity ) has moved, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings of this litigation in the District of District of Columbia or, alternatively, the District of Alaska.

The other parties have expressed a variety of views concerning the best way to adjudicate this series of cases. The State of Alaska, which is a plaintiff in an action in the District of District…