Argued. For petitioners: Matthew Guarnieri, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Sanjay Narayan, Oakland, Cal.

Sealed record material from USCA-9 received (electronic).

Record from the U.S.C.A. is electronic and located on Pacer.

CIRCULATED

Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 9th Circuit.

Reply of petitioners United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al. filed.

SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, November 2, 2020.

Brief amici curiae of ACLU, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of American Forest Resource Council, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Andrew Rosenberg, et al. filed.

Brief amici curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 28 Media Organizations filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Electronic Privacy Information Center filed.

Brief amici curiae of Center for Biological Diversity and Defenders of Wildlife filed.

Brief of respondent Sierra Club, Inc. filed.

Blanket Consent filed by Respondent, Sierra Club, Inc.

Brief of petitioners United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al. filed.

Joint appendix filed.

Motion to further extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is further extended to and including May 21, 2020. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is further extended to and including July 27, 2020.

Motion for a further extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.

Motion to extend the time to file the briefs on the merits granted. The time to file the joint appendix and petitioners' brief on the merits is extended to and including May 18, 2020. The time to file respondent's brief on the merits is extended to and including July 20, 2020.

Motion for an extension of time to file the briefs on the merits filed.

Petition GRANTED.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2020.

Reply of petitioners United States Fish and Wildlife Service,, et al. filed. (Distributed)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.

Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 6, 2020.

Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 27, 2019 to January 6, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 27, 2019)

Application (19A185) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until October 25, 2019.

Application (19A185) to extend further the time from September 27, 2019 to October 25, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Application (19A185) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until September 27, 2019.

Application (19A185) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from August 28, 2019 to September 27, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.

United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al., Petitioner, represented by Jeffrey B. Wall

Sierra Club, Inc., Respondent, represented by Sanjay Narayan

ACLU et al, Amicus Curiae, represented by David D. Cole

American Forest Resource Council et al, Amicus Curiae, represented by Lawson Emmett Fite

Andrew Rosenberg, Jacob Carter and Joel Clement, Amicus Curiae, represented by Shaun Alaric Goho

Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife, Amicus Curiae, represented by Eric R. Glitzenstein

Electronic Privacy Information Center, Amicus Curiae, represented by Alan Jay Butler

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 28 Media Organizations, Amicus Curiae, represented by Bruce David Brown