-WVG Southwest Center, et al v. Berg, et al

Filing 481

Amended Judgment and ORDER Following Remand by Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals: The Court vacates the Injunction issued in this case (filed on Oct. 13, 2006 and amended on Dec. 15, 2006). The Court orders the City of San Diego to serve a copy of this Amended Judgment and Order on all persons affected by the Ninth Circuit's decision.Signed by Judge Rudi M. Brewster on 4/4/11.(rlu)

-WVG Southwest Center, et al v. Berg, et al

Doc. 481

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Plaintiffs, 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pursuant to the memorandum decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in the and BUILDING INDUSTRY LEGAL DEFENSE FOUNDATION, et al., Intervening Defendants, and related Counterclaim. vs. JIM BARTEL, et al., Defendants, AMENDED JUDGMENT AND ORDER FOLLOWING REMAND BY NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS SOUTHWEST CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, et al., CASE NO. 98-CV-2234-B(WVG)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

21 above-captioned matter (filed Jan. 18, 2011), the Court vacates the Injunction issued in this 22 case (filed on Oct. 13, 2006 and amended on Dec.15, 2006). The Injunction is moot as to the 23 City of San Diego's Incidental Take Permit ("ITP") (No. PRT-830421, dated July 18, 1997, 24 and issued by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service ("FWS")) pursuant to Section 10 25 of the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1539, as to the seven vernal pool species 26 involved in this litigation. Those seven vernal species are (1) San Diego fairy shrimp 27 (Branchinecta sandiegonensis); (2) Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni), (3) 28 Otay mesa mint (Pogogyne nudiuscula); (4) California Orcutt grass (Orcuttia californica);
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1 (5) San Diego button celery (Eryngium aristulatum var. parishii); (6) San Diego mesa mint 2 (Pogogyne abramsii); and (7) spreading navarretia (Navarretia fossalis)). On March 8, 2010, 3 the City of San Diego relinquished the portions of the ITP covering those seven vernal pool 4 species. On May 14, 2010, the FWS cancelled the portions of the ITP as it applied to the 5 seven vernal species. Therefore, that permit cannot be used or relied upon in any way with 6 respect to those endangered and threatened species. 7 The Court orders the City of San Diego to serve a copy of this Amended Judgment

8 and Order forthwith on all persons affected by the Ninth Circuit's decision (including those 9 who the received the City's original notice in December 2006.) See Doc. No. 276 (Ex. A). 10 The Clerk shall close this civil action.

11 IT IS SO ORDERED. 12 DATED: April 4, 2011 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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Hon. Rudi M. Brewster United States Senior District Judge

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