Opinion
3:23-cv-00074-SLG
07-13-2023
ASSOCIATION OF VILLAGE COUNCIL PRESIDENTS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, et al., Defendants, and AT-SEA PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION, et al., Intervenor-Defendants.
ORDER RE MOTION TO INTERVENE BY AT-SEA PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION AND UNITED CATCHER BOATS
SHARON L. GLEASON UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Before the Court at Docket 10 is the Motion to Intervene by At-Sea Processors Association and United Catcher Boats. Plaintiffs stated that they take no position on the motion. Defendants responded that they take no position on permissive intervention but oppose intervention as of right. Movants filed a reply in support of their motion in response to Defendant's opposition to intervention as of right.
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The Court need not determine whether the proposed intervenor-defendants have a right to intervene in this case. Rather, good cause being shown for permissive intervention, IT IS ORDERED that At-Sea Processors Association and United Catcher Boats' motion is GRANTED and these entities are admitted into this litigation as Intervenor-Defendants with full rights of participation. Intervenor-Defendants shall file a clean copy of their Answer (Docket 10-3) within 7 days of the date of this order. The case caption is amended as set forth above.
DATED this 13th day of July 2023, at Anchorage, Alaska.