WHO: U.S. District Judge Susan Illston WHAT: Illston ordered the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to pay $1,003,155 in attorney fees to lawyers who successfully delayed the agency from creating off-road vehicle paths in the western Mojave Desert.
WHY ITS AN OUTRAGE: The desert tortoise and Lane Mountain milk vetch have enough environmentalist friends to pay for their own legal bills, especially if they are going to hire eight lawyers from three different law firms.
WHERE TO VENT: United States District Court for the Northern District of California public information office, 415-522-4051
