212220P.pdf   06/07/2022  United Food and Commercial Workers Union  v.  Quality Pork Processors, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  21-2220
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota   
   [PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Gruender and Benton, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Civil Procedure. The union challenged the USDA's adoption of 
   a rule eliminating processing-line speeds in pork plants, alleging the 
   rule was arbitrary and capricious, and the district court granted its 
   motion for summary judgment, concluding the agency had acted without 
   considering worker safety. The district court did not abuse its discretion 
   in denying the appellant meat packers' motion for leave to intervene in 
   the action, as the case was in its final stages when the motion was filed, 
   and appellants were aware of the case and the relief sought by the union 
   long before they moved to intervene; further, appellants offered no 
   persuasive reason for their delay, and the district court did not err in 
   determining that the late intervention would frustrate the USDA's ability 
   to manage the regulation.