Endangered Species Act—rollbacks of rules protecting threatened species (Massachusetts v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, N.D. Cal.)

Lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service, challenging two rules that roll back protections under the Endangered Species Act: one that strips automatic protections from newly listed threatened species, and another that rewrites how the federal government decides which areas count as critical habitat.

Litigation Details

Case filed on: September 9, 2026

Updates

Date

Update

09/09/2026

On 9/9/26, the plaintiff states filed their complaint.