The Center for Biological Diversity and other plaintiffs of a lawsuit that challenged the approval of a Multi-Species Habitat Conservation Plan at the Tejon Ranch, California, master-planned community and land holdings have voluntarily dismissed their appeal of a Federal District Court ruling in favor of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and Tejon Ranch Co.
The Habitat Conservation Plan, developed and issued in compliance with the Federal Endangered Species Act and the US Fish & Wildlife Service in 2013, was developed to protect the California condor and other endangered species on Tejon Ranch land. The plaintiffs, including the CBD, Wishtoyo Foundation, and Delia Dominguez, initially filed their lawsuit on April 25, 2019, six years after the plan’s approval.
U.S. District Court Judge Cormac J. Carney granted summary judgment for Tejon Ranch and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in December 2020.
The plaintiffs announced at that time that they would appeal the decision to the 9th Circuit Court, but never filed any legal briefs. With this motion to dismiss their appeal, it cannot be filed again.
