United States Ninth Circuit

In a petition for review of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's denial of petitioner's motion to intervene in a license renewal proceeding, the petition is denied where 16 U.S.C. section 825g(a) allows the agency to differentiate among untimely interveners and permits the Commission to summarily reject a prospective intervener who cannot demonstrate "good cause" for its untimely motion.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/12/2009
• Decided 07/20/2009
• Published 07/20/2009

Judges

• Before RONALD M. GOULD, JAY S. BYBEE, and TIMOTHY M. TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel P. Selmi (argued), Los Angeles, CA, and Amy J. Bricker, Rachel B. Hooper, and Amanda Garcia, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Holly E. Cafer, Kathrine Henry (argued), Cynthia Marlette, and Robert H. Solomon, Washington, D.C., for the respondent.