Georgia Aquarium, Inc. v. Pritzker

ORDER

AMY TOTENBERG, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the Motion to Intervene [Doc. 19] of Animal Welfare Institute, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Whale and Dolphin Conservation, Inc. (North America), Cetacean Society International, and Earth Island Institute (collectively “Movants”).

I. Factual and Legal Background

Plaintiff Georgia Aquarium, Inc. filed this action on September 30, 2013, seeking judicial review under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (“MMPA”), 16 U.S.C. § 1361 et seq., of Defendants’1 denial of a permit to import 18 beluga whales (Delphinapterus leu-cas) from…