Court Opinion

ID: 9363144
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-01-13 18:57:22.468394+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:15:29.279014
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FOR PUBLICATION                        FILED
                  UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                    NOV 10 2022
                                                                 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                  U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                         FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FRIENDS OF ALASKA NATIONAL                     No.   20-35721
WILDLIFE REFUGES; THE
WILDERNESS SOCIETY; DEFENDERS                  D.C. No. 3:19-cv-00216-JWS
OF WILDLIFE; NATIONAL AUDUBON                  District of Alaska,
SOCIETY; WILDERNESS WATCH;                     Anchorage
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY; NATIONAL WILDLIFE                   ORDER
REFUGE ASSOCIATION; ALASKA
WILDERNESS LEAGUE; SIERRA CLUB,

               Plaintiffs-Appellees,

 v.

DEBRA HAALAND, in her official
capacity as Secretary of the U.S. Department
of the Interior; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
THE INTERIOR; UNITED STATES FISH
AND WILDLIFE SERVICE,

               Defendants-Appellants,

and

KING COVE CORPORATION;
AGDAAGUX TRIBE OF KING COVE;
NATIVE VILLAGE OF BELKOFSKI;
STATE OF ALASKA,

               Intervenor-Defendants.
FRIENDS OF ALASKA NATIONAL                     No.   20-35727
WILDLIFE REFUGES; THE
WILDERNESS SOCIETY; DEFENDERS                  D.C. No. 3:19-cv-00216-JWS
OF WILDLIFE; NATIONAL AUDUBON
SOCIETY; WILDERNESS WATCH;
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY; NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE ASSOCIATION; ALASKA
WILDERNESS LEAGUE; SIERRA CLUB,

               Plaintiffs-Appellees,

 v.

DEBRA HAALAND, in her official
capacity as Secretary of the U.S. Department
of the Interior; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
THE INTERIOR; UNITED STATES FISH
AND WILDLIFE SERVICE,

               Defendants,

STATE OF ALASKA,

               Intervenor-Defendant,

and

KING COVE CORPORATION;
AGDAAGUX TRIBE OF KING COVE;
NATIVE VILLAGE OF BELKOFSKI,

      Intervenor-Defendants-
      Appellants.

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FRIENDS OF ALASKA NATIONAL                     No.   20-35728
WILDLIFE REFUGES; THE
WILDERNESS SOCIETY; DEFENDERS                  D.C. No. 3:19-cv-00216-JWS
OF WILDLIFE; NATIONAL AUDUBON
SOCIETY; WILDERNESS WATCH;
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY; NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE ASSOCIATION; ALASKA
WILDERNESS LEAGUE; SIERRA CLUB,

               Plaintiffs-Appellees,

 v.

DEBRA HAALAND, in her official
capacity as Secretary of the U.S. Department
of the Interior; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
THE INTERIOR; UNITED STATES FISH
AND WILDLIFE SERVICE,

               Defendants,

KING COVE CORPORATION;
AGDAAGUX TRIBE OF KING COVE;
NATIVE VILLAGE OF BELKOFSKI,

               Intervenor-Defendants,

and

STATE OF ALASKA,

      Intervenor-Defendant-
      Appellant.

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MURGUIA, Chief Judge:

      Upon the vote of a majority of nonrecused active judges, it is ordered that

these cases be reheard en banc pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure

35(a) and Circuit Rule 35-3. The three-judge panel opinion is vacated.

      Judge VanDyke did not participate in the deliberations or vote in this case.

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