United States Ninth Circuit

Under the Endangered Species Act, the Secretary of the Interior must follow the procedures in 16 USC 1533(b)(3)(B) to determine if a species is endangered when a petition to list species follows a Secretary's designation of that species as a candidate for listing.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/09/2001
• Decided 06/20/2001
• Published 06/20/2001

Judges

• BERZON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  TROTT, THOMAS, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Matt Kenna,Kenna & Hickcox, P.C., Durango, Colorado, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark R. Haag, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the defendant-appellee.