Center for Biological Diversity v. US Fish and Wildlife Service

Reference :

19-932

Complaint date :

April 3, 2019

Status :

Not judged

Place of jurisdiction :

United States, District of Columbia

Plaintiffs types :

Environmental NGOs

Plaintiffs names :

Center for Biological Diversity

Defendants :

Fish and Wildlife Service

Lawyers for Health and Environmental Justice :

Hannah M.M. Connor , Margaret E. Townsend

Case nature :

Civil court

Specificities :

Civil action for injunctive and declaratory relief

Type(s), Product(s), Active substance(s) :

, Neonicotinoid

Requests :

Promptly provide all responsive records and reasonably segregable portions of lawfully exempt records sought in 3 FOIA requests in this action; Declare that the Service’s failure to timely make a determination on Plaintiff’s 3 FOIA requests is unlawful under FOIA.

Name of the Court :

United States District Court of District of Columbia, United States

Jurisdiction level :

Summary :

The Center for Biological Diversity sues the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for public records on the Trump administration’s decision to allow bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides and genetically engineered crops on national wildlife refuges.

Scientific references :

No scientifice reference for this case.