Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 21-791 (TJK) U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION The Fish and Wildlife Service recently designated the American Burying Beetle “threat- ened” under the Endangered Species Act after decades of listing the beetle as “endangered.” Plain- tiff, the Center for Biological Diversity, disagrees with that decision and alternatively says the beetle requires at least more discretionary protections available to threatened species. Despite that legal…