Facts

The Center for Biological Diversity (the Center) was a non-profit corporation with offices across California and in Washington, D.C., Oregon, Arizona, and New Mexico. Peter Galvin was a Shelter Cove, California, resident. Galvin and the Center sued Kenneth Salazar, the United States Secretary of the Interior, and Rowan Gould, acting director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, seeking to have 31 species of birds listed as endangered species under the Endangered Species Act.

PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS:
The Center and Galvin claimed that Salazar and Gould breached their mandatory duties to protect those species under the Act.

Result

The parties reached a settlement whereby Salazar and Gould agreed to submit the listings to the Federal Register and to pay $3,011 for the Center and Galvin's attorney fees and costs.