Center for Marine Conservation v. Brown

ORDER

KENT, District Judge.

Presently before the Court are the Motions of the Center for Marine Conservation (CMC) to Enforce Settlement and for a Preliminary Injunction. 1 For the reasons set forth below, the Motion for Preliminary Injunction is TEMPORARILY DENIED, and the Motion to Enforce Settlement is hereby DENIED.

I. BACKGROUND

This case began as action by the CMC (the CMC Action) to force the United States gov- eminent (the Federal Defendants) to protect five species of threatened and endangered sea turtles by implementing and enforcing regulations designed to reduce the number of turtles…