Legal Opinion
In re Border Infrastructure Envtl. Litig.
District Court, S.D. California
Decided February 27, 2018No. Case No.: 17cv1215–GPC(WVG); C/w : 17cv1873–GPC(WVG), 17cv1911–GPC(WVG)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hon. Gonzalo P. Curiel, United States District Judge
These three consolidated cases involve challenges to Waiver Determinations made by former Secretaries of the Department of Homeland Security on August 2, 2017 and September 12, 2017 pursuant to section 102 of IIRIRA1 waiving the legal requirements of NEPA,2 the ESA,3 the CZMA4 and more than 30 additional laws not at issue in these cases. The Waiver Determinations concern two types of border wall construction projects in San Diego County: (1) the "border wall prototype project"; and (2) the replacement of fifteen miles of existing border…
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