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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

 

COUNCIL FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES 

ACT RELIABILITY, 

 

 Plaintiff, 

 

 v. 

 

KEN SALAZAR, et al., 

 

 Defendants. 

1:09-CV-2091 OWW DLB 

 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE 

DISMISSAL 

 

CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL 

DIVERSITY, 

 

 Plaintiff, 

 

 v. 

 

KEN SALAZAR, et al., 

 

 Defendants. 

1:09-CV-2092 OWW DLB 

 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE 

DISMISSAL 

 

 Both of the above-captioned cases concern the United 

States’ Fish and Wildlife Service’s (“FWS”) failure to issue 

a 12-month finding in response to a petition seeking to 

reclassify the delta smelt (hypomesus transpacificus) from 

“threatened” to “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act 

(“ESA”). The complaints in both cases seek issuance of the 

required 12-month finding by a date certain. See 1:09-cv2091, Doc. 13 at ¶7; 1:09-cv-2092, Doc. 1 at ¶6. 

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 On April 7, 2010, in a “Notice of 12-month Petition 

Finding,” FWS concluded: “reclassifying the delta smelt from 

a threatened to an endangered species is warranted but 

precluded by other higher priority listing actions.” 75 Fed. 

Reg. 17,667. In light of this Notice, the parties in the 

above-captioned cases are ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE IN WRITING ON 

OR BEFORE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 2010, WHY BOTH CASES SHOULD 

NOT BE DISMISSED AS MOOT. If there is any substantial 

dispute, the Court will set a consolidated hearing on these 

matters. 

 The hearing on the pending motion to dismiss in Council 

for Endangered Species Act Reliability v. Salazar, 1:09-cv2091, currently set for April 26, 2010, is ORDERED OFF 

CALENDAR. It will be re-set if appropriate upon resolution 

of the order to show cause. 

 

SO ORDERED 

Dated: April 12, 2010 

 

 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

 Oliver W. Wanger 

United States District Judge 

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