Colorado Wild Horse and Burro Coalition, Inc. v. Kempthorne

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) COLORADO WILD HORSE AND ) BURRO COALITION, INC., et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) Civil Action No. 06-1609 (RMC) ) KEN SALAZAR, Secretary, U.S. ) Department of the Interior,1 et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiffs challenge the decision of the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”), an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, to remove all wild horses from the West Douglas Herd Area in Colorado. They argue, inter alia, that the decision violates the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act (“Wild Horse Act” or…