Center for Biological Diversity v. Criswell

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL : DIVERSITY, et al., : : Plaintiffs, : Civil Action No.: 24-1285 (RC) : v. : Re Document No.: 9 : DAVID RICHARDSON, et al., : : Defendants. : MEMORANDUM OPINION GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS I. INTRODUCTION In October 2018, Congress passed the Disaster Recovery Reform Act, which, among other things, directed the Administrator 1 of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”), a subdivision of the Department of Homeland Security (collectively, “Defendants”), to define the terms “resilient” and…