April in Paris v. Becerra

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 April in Paris, et al., No. 2:19-cv-02471-KJM-CKD 12 Plaintiffs, 13 v. 14 Rob Bonta, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Louisia na Wildlife and Fisheries No. 2:19-cv-02488-KJM-CKD Commission, et al., 18 ORDER Plaintiffs, 19 v. 20 21 Rob Bo nta, et al., 22 Defendants. 23 24 The parties in these consolidated cases each move for summary judgment on a narrow 25 legal question: does the federal Endangered Species Act preempt California criminal laws that 26 punish imports and sales of alligator and crocodile…