Center for Biological Diversity et al v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service et al

Filing 29

ORDER granting 28 WildEarth Guardians and Clait E. Brauns (collectively Guardians) Unopposed Joint Motion to Intervene, by Judge John L. Kane on 7/30/2015.(evana, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Civil Action No. 1:15-cv-00130-AP
(Consolidated with Civil Action No. 1:15-cv-131 and Civil Action No. 1:15-cv-286)
IN RE: GUNNISON SAGE-GROUSE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT LITIGATION

Civil Action No. 1:15-cv-286 ONLY
THE STATE OF COLORADO by and through the Colorado Department of Natural
Resources, the Division of Parks and Wildlife, and the Parks and Wildlife Commission,
Plaintiff,
v.
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE,
DANIEL ASHE, in his official capacity as Director of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service,
SALLY JEWELL, in her official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department
of the Interior,
Defendants.

ORDER GRANTING WILDEARTH GUARDIANS AND CLAIT E. BRAUN’S
UNOPPOSED MOTION TO INTERVENE AS DEFENDANT-INTERVENORS IN
CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:15-CV-286

This matter is currently before the Court on WildEarth Guardians and Clait E.
Braun’s (collectively “Guardians”) Unopposed Joint Motion to Intervene (Doc. 28) in
Civil Action No. 1:15-cv-286. Guardians seeks to intervene in 1:15-cv-286 either under
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Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(a)(2), as a matter of right, or under Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(b)(1)(B),
permissively. Plaintiffs, Plaintiff-Intervenors and Defendants do not oppose Guardians’
intervention in this matter.
I find that Guardians has satisfied the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(a)(2), and
their Unopposed Motion to Intervene (Doc. 28) is GRANTED. The clerk shall enter their
Answers to Plaintiff’s and Plaintiff-Intervenors’ Complaints attached to their Motion to
Intervene.
Dated: July 30, 2015

BY THE COURT:
/s/ John L. Kane
Senior U.S. District Judge

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