EAJA Awards (#255375)

Western Watersheds Project, Wildearth Guardians & Predator Defense v. USDA Aphis Wildlife Services, USFS & BLM
1:20-cv-00213-BLW
U.S. Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Advocates for the West
16,666.67
Court
https://www.doi.gov/solicitor/transparency/attorneys-fees
Environmental groups sued USDA Aphis, USFS & BLM for violations of NEPA in providing predator controls on federal lands.
The settlement and attorney fees payment of $50,000 was split 3-ways among federal agencies.
The parties settled upon mutually agreed terms, no admission of liability nor as future precedent, but included attorney fees and costs.