U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 2022

FRIENDS OF ALASKA NAT'L V. DEBRA HAALAND

FRIENDS OF ALASKA NAT'L V. DEBRA HAALAND
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided November 10, 2022

FRIENDS OF ALASKA NAT'L V. DEBRA HAALAND

Opinion

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.

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.

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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