Eric McDavid, (born October 7, 1977), is an environmental activist and anarchist convicted of conspiring to use fire or explosives to damage corporate and government property. While U.S. Attorney McGregor Scott has called McDavid the first person in the US to be prosecuted on Earth Liberation Front (ELF)-related charges, it was revealed in the trial that McDavid's group had not decided whether or not to claim the planned actions in the name of the ELF. On September 27, 2007, he was convicted on all counts.