Organic Trade Ass'n v. United States Dep't of Agric.

Full title: ORGANIC TRADE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF…

Court: United States District Court, District of Columbia

Date published: Mar 30, 2022

Civil Action 17-1875 (PLF) (D.D.C. Mar. 30, 2022)

Opinion

Civil Action 17-1875 (PLF)

03-30-2022

ORGANIC TRADE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., Defendants.

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.

ORDER

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.

For the reasons set forth in the accompanying Opinion, it is hereby

ORDERED that the United States Department of Agriculture's (“USDA”) [Dkt. No. 142] Motion for Voluntary Remand is GRANTED; it is

FURTHER ORDERED that the National Organic Program (NOP); Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices Rule (“Withdrawal Rule”), 83 Fed.Reg. 10, 775 (Mar. 13, 2018) is REMANDED WITHOUT VACATUR to the USDA for further consideration of the issues presented; it is

FURTHER ORDERED that Organic Trade Association's (“OTA”) [Dkt. No. 95] Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED as moot; it is

FURTHER ORDERED that OTA's [Dkt. No. 140] Motion for Summary Judgment on its Third Amended Complaint is DENIED as moot; it is

FURTHER ORDERED that the USDA's [Dkt. No. 149] Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED as moot; and it is

FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall file a joint status report in this action on the same date they file their status report ordered in Center for Environmental Health v. Vilsack, 2022 WL 658965, at *5 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 4, 2022).

SO ORDERED.