Earth Island Institute v. Wheeler

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 EARTH ISLAND INSTITUTE, et al., Case No. 20-cv-00670-WHO 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER RE MOTION TO DISMISS v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 16 10 ANDREW R. WHEELER, et al., Defendants. 11 12 Defendants Andrew Wheeler and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (collectively, 13 “EPA”) bring this motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ (collectively, “Earth Island”) cause of action for 14 violation of the Clean Water Act (“CWA”). At issue is whether, as a matter of law, the CWA 15 imposes a nondiscretionary duty on the EPA to update or amend the…