United States v. Jonathon Marc Sutter, 348 F.3d 789 (9th Cir. 2003). · Go Syfert
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Strongest positive: Pacific Rivers Council v. United States Forest Service (ca9, 2012-06-20)
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examined Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Pacific Rivers Council v. United States Forest Service (8×) also: Cited as authority (rule)
9th Cir. · 2012 · quote attribution · 2 verbatim quotes · confidence high
reviewing court focus upon a proposal's parameters as the agency defines them
examined Cited as authority (verbatim quote) Pacific Rivers Council v. United States Forest Service (8×) also: Cited as authority (rule)
9th Cir. · 2012 · quote attribution · 2 verbatim quotes · confidence high
reviewing court focus upon a proposal's parameters as the agency defines them
examined Cited as authority (quoted) Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Kempthorne (8×) also: Cited as authority (rule), Cited "see"
9th Cir. · 2008 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence low
he secretarial guidelines do not specify that this obligation can be satisfied only by capping the number of visitors
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Citizens for Constitutional Integrity v. United States
10th Cir. · 2026 · confidence medium
See Gwaltney of Smithfield, Ltd. v. Chesapeake Bay Found., Inc., 484 U.S. 49, 60 (1987) (stating that the purpose of a similar notice provision under the Clean Water Act was to give the alleged violator a chance to bring itself into complete compliance and render the suit unnecessary); see also Water Keeper All. v. U.S. Dep’t of Def., 271 F.3d 21, 29 (1st Cir. 2001) (concluding that a similar requirement for a suit under the Endangered Species Act requires notice of 60 days in order to provide “agencies with an opportunity to resolve the dispute and take any necessary corrective measures b…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Cascadia Wildlands v. Adcock
D. Or. · 2025 · confidence medium
Reviewing courts “may not rubber-stamp . . . administrative decisions that they deem inconsistent with a statutory mandate or that frustrate the congressional policy underlying a statute.” Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (9th Cir. 2003) (alteration in original) (quoting Pub.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Raymond Tate v. United States
9th Cir. · 2025 · confidence medium
Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (9th Cir. 2003).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation v. Shea
D. Or. · 2024 · confidence medium
“A programmatic EIS must provide ‘sufficient detail to foster informed decision-making,’ but an agency need not fully evaluate site-specific impacts ‘until a critical decision has been made to act on site development.’” ‘Ilio’ulakalani Coalition v. Rumsfeld, 464 F.3d 1093, 1094 (9th Cir. 2006) (quoting Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 800 (9th Cir. 2003)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Naec v. Usdoi (2×)
9th Cir. · 2020 · confidence medium
USDOI possible under the circumstances, thereby ‘provid[ing] sufficient detail to foster informed decision-making’ at the stage in question.” Native Village of Point Hope, 740 F.3d at 498 (quoting Friends of Yosemite Valley, 348 F.3d at 800).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Naec v. Usdoi (2×)
9th Cir. · 2020 · confidence medium
“We will defer to the agency’s judgment about the appropriate level of analysis so long as the EIS provides as much environmental analysis as is reasonably possible under the circumstances, thereby ‘provid[ing] sufficient detail to foster informed decision-making’ at the stage in question.” Native Village of Point Hope, 740 F.3d at 498 (quoting Friends of Yosemite Valley, 348 F.3d at 800).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Sierra Trail Dogs Motorcycle and Recreation Club v. United States Forest Service
D. Nev. · 2020 · confidence medium
(ECF 23 No. 45 at 15 (relying on Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 800 (9th Cir. 24 2003), opinion clarified, 366 F.3d 731 (9th Cir. 2004).) See also Norton, 348 F.3d at 800 25 (explaining that an “agency’s planning and management decisions may occur at two 26 distinct administrative levels”). 27 /// 28 /// 1 In sum, Federal Defendants did not violate NEPA as pertinent to Plaintiffs’ 2 challenge in this case.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Southeast Alaska Conservation Council v. United States Forest Service
D. Alaska · 2020 · confidence medium
Watersheds Proj. v. Abbey, 719 F.3d 1035, 1049 (9th Cir. 2013) (noting that agencies can plan at programmatic or site-specific levels and that “[w]hen an agency develops an EIS for a programmatic plan . . . , the EIS ‘must provide “sufficient detail to foster informed decision-making,” but “site-specific impacts need not be fully evaluated until a critical decision has been made to act on site development”’” (quoting Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 800 (9th Cir. 2003))); see also 40 C.F.R. § 1502.20 (NEPA regulation encouraging tiering to “eliminate repet…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Protect Our Communities v. Darryl Lacounte
9th Cir. · 2019 · confidence medium
LACOUNTE 17 the site-specific environmental assessment. 3 “Site-specific impacts,” we reasoned, must be evaluated once the “critical decision has been made to act on site development.” Id. at 1049 (quoting Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 800 (9th Cir. 2003), opinion clarified, 366 F.3d 731 (9th Cir. 2004)).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Montana Environmental Info. v. Debra Thomas
9th Cir. · 2018 · confidence medium
THOMAS Agency acted arbitrarily and capriciously “rests on whether it articulated a rational connection between the facts found and the choice made.” Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (9th Cir. 2003) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted), opinion clarified, 366 F.3d 731 (9th Cir. 2004).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Sierra Club v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
9th Cir. · 2016 · confidence medium
See Friends of the Wild Swan v. Weber, 767 F.3d 936, 943 (9th Cir. 2014) (stating that agency must balance need' for comprehensive analysis against considerations of practicality); Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 800-01 (9th Cir. 2003) (holding that deferral of site-specific analysis was proper under NEPA for program-wide EIS), clarified by 366 F.3d 731 (9th Cir. 2004).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Western Watersheds Project v. James Kenna
9th Cir. · 2015 · confidence medium
“An EIS for a programmatic plan ... must provide ‘sufficient detail to foster informed decision-making,’ but ‘site-specific impacts need not be fully evaluated until a critical decision has been made to act on site development.’ ” Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 800 (9th Cir.2003) (quoting N. Alaska Envtl.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Natural Resources Defense Council v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
9th Cir. · 2015 · confidence medium
Accordingly, we will “hold unlawful and set aside agency action, findings, and conclusions found to be ... arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law.” 5 U.S.C. § 706 (2)(A). “[We] review the record to ensure that agency decisions are founded on a reasoned evaluation of the relevant factors, and may not rubberstamp ... administrative decisions that [are] inconsistent with a statutory mandate or that frustrate the congressional policy underlying a statute.... ” Latino Issues Forum v. EPA, 558 F.3d 936, 941 (9th Cir.2009) (quoting Friends of Y…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Nrdc v. Usepa
9th Cir. · 2015 · confidence medium
Accordingly, we will “hold unlawful and set aside agency action, findings, and conclusions found to be . . . arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law.” 5 U.S.C. § 706 (2)(A). “[We] review the record to ensure that agency decisions are founded on a reasoned evaluation of the relevant factors, and may not rubberstamp . . . administrative decisions that [are] inconsistent with a statutory mandate or that frustrate the congressional policy underlying a statute . . . .” Latino Issues Forum v. EPA, 558 F.3d 936, 941 (9th Cir. 2009) (quoting Frie…
cited Cited as authority (rule) Native Village of Point Hope v. Sally Jewell
9th Cir. · 2014 · confidence medium
Friends of Yosemite Valley, 348 F.3d at 800 (internal quotation marks omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Native Village of Point Hope v. Sally Jewell
9th Cir. · 2014 · confidence medium
Friends of Yosemite Valley, 348 F.3d at 800 (internal quotation marks omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Native Village of Point Hope v. Sally Jewell (2×)
9th Cir. · 2014 · confidence medium
Friends of Yosemite Valley, 348 F.3d at 800 (internal quotation marks omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Merced Irrigation District v. County of Mariposa
E.D. Cal. · 2013 · confidence medium
The remainder of the [Merced River’s] designated portion is administered by the Secretary of the Interior through the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.” Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 794-95 (9th Cir.2003), as clarified by Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 366 F.3d 731 (9th Cir.2004). .
cited Cited as authority (rule) Deacon v. Pandora Media, Inc.
N.D. Cal. · 2012 · confidence medium
Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 796 (9th Cir.2003). “[Cjourts routinely rely on dictionary definitions” to ascertain a term’s plain meaning.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Karuk Tribe v. United States Forest Service (2×)
9th Cir. · 2012 · confidence medium
This conflicts with our long- standing rule that “NEPA requires a full evaluation of site- specific impacts only when a ‘critical decision’ has been made to act on site development—i.e., when ‘the agency proposes to make an irreversible and irretrievable commitment of the availability of resources to [a] project at a particular site.’ ” Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 801 (9th Cir. 2003) (quoting California v. Block, 690 F.2d 753, 761 (9th Cir. 1982)).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Wilderness Watch v. Iwamoto
W.D. Wash. · 2012 · confidence medium
Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (9th Cir.2003) (citations, internal quotation marks, and alterations omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) High Sierra Hikers Ass'n v. United States Department of the Interior (2×) also: Cited "see"
N.D. Cal. · 2012 · confidence medium
In assessing the adequacy of an agency’s EIS, courts apply the “rule of reason” standard which determines whether the EIS contains a “reasonably thorough discussion” of the “probable environmental consequences.” Cal. v. Block, 690 F.2d 753 , 761 (9th Cir.1982); Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 801 (9th Cir.2003) (equating the “rule of reason” standard to an abuse of discretion review).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Sierra Club v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
9th Cir. · 2012 · confidence medium
“This standard requires the EPA to ‘articulate [ ] a rational connection between the facts found and the choice made.’ ” Id. (quoting Ariz. Cattle Growers’ Ass’n v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife, 273 F.3d 1229, 1236 (9th Cir.2001)). “[We] review the record to ensure that agency decisions are founded on a reasoned evaluation of the relevant factors, and may not rubberstamp ... administrative decisions that [are] inconsistent with a statutory mandate or that frustrate the congressional policy underlying a statute.... ” Id. (quoting Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (…
cited Cited as authority (rule) In re Montana Wilderness Ass'n
D. Mont. · 2011 · signal: cf. · confidence medium
Cf. Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 796-97 (9th Cir.2003) (not reviewing resource management plan).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Defenders of Wildlife v. Hall (2×) also: Cited "see"
D. Mont. · 2011 · confidence medium
Friends of Yosemite Valley v, Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 801 (9th Cir.2003). *988 The Service did not have to perform site-specific analysis in the environmental assessment because no wolf removal plans had been submitted.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Organized Village of Kake v. United States Department of Agriculture
D. Alaska · 2011 · confidence medium
Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (9th Cir.2003) (quoting Pub.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) California Wilderness Coalition v. U.S. Department of Energy (2×)
9th Cir. · 2011 · confidence medium
Ctr v. Kempthorne, 457 F.3d 969, 973 (9th Cir.2006) (noting that an EIS was prepared for agency action making entire Northwest Petroleum Reserve available for oil and gas leasing despite the lack of "site specific analysis for particular locations where drilling might occur"); Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 800-01 (9th Cir.2003) (evaluating programmatic EIS for land use plan for national park); [26] Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. Blackwood, 161 F.3d 1208, 1213 (9th Cir.1998) (finding EA inadequate and requiring EIS for log-salvaging plan for national forest). [27] …
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Wilderness Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (2×)
9th Cir. · 2010 · confidence medium
Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (9th Cir.2003) (citation, internal quotation marks, and alterations omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Sierra Club v. Kimbell
8th Cir. · 2010 · confidence medium
Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 800 (9th Cir.2003) (internal quotations omitted).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Mohammad Salameh v. Peter Carlson
9th Cir. · 2010 · confidence medium
Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (9th Cir.2003).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Foster Poultry Farms, Inc. v. Suntrust Bank
9th Cir. · 2010 · confidence medium
Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (9th Cir.2003).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. v. Desert Valley Financial LLC
9th Cir. · 2009 · confidence medium
“We review the district court’s findings of fact after a bench trial for clear error and its conclusions of law de novo.” Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (9th Cir.2003).
cited Cited as authority (rule) U-Haul International v. Lumbermens Mutual
9th Cir. · 2009 · confidence medium
Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (9th Cir. 2003).
cited Cited as authority (rule) U-Haul International, Inc. v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.
9th Cir. · 2009 · confidence medium
Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (9th Cir.2003).
cited Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Overton
9th Cir. · 2009 · confidence medium
“The same test applies to both jury and bench trials.” Doe, 136 F.3d at 636 ; Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (9th Cir.2003).
cited Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Walter Overton
9th Cir. · 2009 · confidence medium
“The same test applies to both jury and bench trials.” Doe, 136 F.3d at 636 ; Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (9th Cir. 2003).
cited Cited as authority (rule) United States v. Overton
9th Cir. · 2009 · confidence medium
“The same test applies to both jury and bench trials.” Doe, 136 F.3d at 636 ; Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (9th Cir. 2003).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Latino Issues Forum v. Usepa
9th Cir. · 2009 · confidence medium
Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (9th Cir. 2003) (alterations in original) (citation and internal quota- tion marks omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Latino Issues Forum v. United States Environmental Protection Agency (2×)
9th Cir. · 2009 · confidence medium
Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (9th Cir.2003) (alterations in original) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Sierra Club v. Kimbell
D. Minnesota · 2009 · confidence medium
See, e.g., ‘Ilio'ulaokalani Coalition v. Rumsfeld, 464 F.3d 1083, 1095-96 (9th Cir.2006) (discussing the level of detail required in programmatic and site-specific ElSes); Nevada v. Dep't of Energy, 457 F.3d 78, 93 (D.C.Cir.2006) (rejecting challenge to a programmatic EIS); Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 800 (9th Cir.2003) ("An EIS for a programmatic plan ... must provide sufficient detail to foster informed decision-making, but site-specific impacts need not be fully evaluated until a critical decision has been made to act on site development.”) (quotations omitted); …
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Center for Biological Diversity v. Marina Point Development Co.
9th Cir. · 2008 · confidence medium
Harass means “an intentional or negligent act or omission which 15 See Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (9th Cir. 2003); see also Silver v. Executive Car Leasing Long-Term Disability Plan, 466 F.3d 727, 732-33 (9th Cir. 2006).” 9940 CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL v. MARINA POINT DEVELOPMENT creates the likelihood of injury to wildlife by annoying it to such an extent as to significantly disrupt normal behavioral patterns . . . .” 50 C.F.R. § 17.3 .
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Sun Pacific Farming Cooperative, Inc. v. Sun World International, Inc.
9th Cir. · 2008 · confidence medium
This court reviews “the district court’s findings of fact after a bench trial for clear error and its conclusions of law de novo.” Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (9th Cir.2003).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Agha v. Rosengren
9th Cir. · 2008 · confidence medium
Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 793 (9th Cir.2003).
examined Cited as authority (rule) Friends of Yosemite v. Kempthorne (7×) also: Cited "see"
9th Cir. · 2008 · confidence medium
Analyzing the plain meaning of the terms within the phrase “address . . . user capacities” as well the Secretarial Guide- lines, we interpreted the requirement to “address . . . user capacities” to mean that the CMP must include “specific mea- surable limits on use.” Id. at 797 (emphasis added). “[T]he plain meaning of the phrase ‘address . . . user capacities,’ is simply that the CMP must deal with or discuss the maximum number of people that can be received at a WSRS.” Id. at 796 (emphasis added).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Southeast Alaska Conservation Council v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
9th Cir. · 2007 · confidence medium
Labs., Inc., 471 U.S. 707, 714-16 , 105 S.Ct. 2371 , 85 L.Ed.2d 714 (1985); Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 797 (9th Cir.2003); League of Wilderness Defenders/Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. Forsgren, 309 F.3d 1181, 1189-90 (9th Cir.2002); Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Inc. v. Rivenburgh, 317 F.3d 425, 446-47 (4th Cir.2003).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Southeast Alaska Conservation Council v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
9th Cir. · 2007 · confidence medium
Labs., Inc., 471 U.S. 707, 714-16 , 105 S.Ct. 2371 , 85 L.Ed.2d 714 (1985); Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 797 (9th Cir.2003); League of Wilderness Defenders/Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project v. Forsgren, 309 F.3d 1181, 1189-90 (9th Cir.2002); Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Inc. v. Rivenburgh, 317 F.3d 425, 446-47 (4th Cir.2003).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) 'Ilio'Ulaokalani Coalition v. Rumsfeld (2×)
9th Cir. · 2006 · confidence medium
A programmatic EIS must provide “sufficient detail to foster informed decision-making,” but an agency need not fully evaluate site- specific impacts “until a critical decision has been made to act on site development.” Friends of Yosemite Valley v. Norton, 348 F.3d 789, 800 (9th Cir. 2003) (quoting N. Alaska Envtl.
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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
Jonathon Marc SUTTER, Defendant-Appellant
02-50282.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Nov 4, 2003.
348 F.3d 789
Ross E. Viselman, San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant., Roger W. Haines, Jr., and Francisco J. Sanchez, Jr., Assistant United States Attorneys, Criminal Division, San Diego, CA for the plaintiff-appellee.
Tashima, Berzon, Clifton.
Published
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Citer courts: Ninth Circuit (1)

ORDER

The Opinion filed on August 25, 2003 [340 F.3d 1022], is amended as follows:

1) At slip op., p. 11983, paragraph 3, 2d line [340 F.3d at 1027], change “Sutter’s indictment on September 18, 2001” to “Sutter’s arraignment on September 18, 2001.”
2) At slip op., p. 11983, paragraph 3, line 5 [340 F.3d at 1027], change “October 22, 2002” to “October 22, 2001.”
3) At slip op., p. 11992, paragraph 11, line 7 [340 F.3d at 1032], add the words “of the discovery dispute” after “settlement” and before the closing parenthetical.

With these amendments, the panel has unanimously voted to deny appellant’s petition for rehearing and petition for rehearing en banc.

The full court has been advised of the petition for rehearing en banc, and no judge has requested a vote on whether to rehear the matter en banc. Fed. R.App. P. 85.

The petition for rehearing and the petition for rehearing en banc are DENIED.