Legal Opinion
Sierra Club v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 26, 2021No. Civil Action No. 2019-2315Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SIERRA CLUB, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 19-2315 (JEB) UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION In early 2018, Plaintiff Sierra Club learned that Defendant United States Fish and Wildlife Service had initiated a review of the Florida Key deer’s place on the endangered-species list. Hoping to uncover the agency’s reasons for this review and any information it relied upon, Sierra Club filed a Freedom of Information Act request. Frustrated with the agency’s delayed response, it then filed this suit. In…
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