Safari Club International v. Jewell

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that an administrative record in an APA review case consists of “all documents and materials that the agency directly or indirectly considered” and “neither more nor less”
• explaining that courts may consider extra-record evidence in administrative summary judgment proceedings when, inter alia, “the agency acted in bad faith”
• “Supplementing administrative records in APA cases is the exception, not the rule.”
• finding the ALJ failed to provide specific, germane reasons for 8 discounting a lay opinion when the ALJ provided no explanation as to how the opinion was 9 inconsistent with the overall medical record, the claimant’s daily activities, and his work history
• “Supplementing the administrative record in an APA case means adding material to the volume of documents the agency considered, while admitting extra-record evidence means adding material outside of or in addition to the administrative record that was not necessarily considered by the agency.”
• “The agency enjoys a presumption that it properly designated the administrative record, and the record will not be supplemented absent clear evidence to the contrary.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).