AGUAYO v. JEWELL

No. 14-56909.

827 F.3d 1213 (2016)

Tiffany L. AGUAYO, (Hayes); Karen Duro, (Renio); Rosa Estrada; Christian Griffith; Justin Griffith; Natasha Griffith; Cameron C. Hayes; Pamela Kennedy; Elizabeth Martinez; Jacqueline McWhorter; Dawn Mojado; Priscilla Mojado; Michael Peralta; Johnny Poling; Jessica Renteria; Adam Trujillo; Andrea Trujillo; Annalee H. Trujillo, (Yanez); Bradley L. Trujillo, Jr.; Brandon M. Trujillo, Sr.; Brian A. Trujillo, II; Charles Trujillo; Donald Trujillo; Jennifer Trujillo; John A. Trujillo; Jonathan Trujillo; Joshua E. Trujillo; Kristine Trujillo; Laura J. Trujillo; Leslie Trujillo; Marlene Trujillo; Randolph W. Trujillo, Jr.; Shalah M. Trujillo; Tina Trujillo-Poulin; Annette E. Walsh; Brenda J. Walsh; Eric J. Walsh; Patricia A. Walsh; Stephanie S. Walsh; Juanita Luna; Lanise Luna; Shalea Luna; Anthony Lunatrujillo; Brian Trujillo, Sr.; Jacob Trujillo; Miriam Trujillo; Rachel Ellistrujillo; Rebekah Trujillo; Richard Trujillo; Michelle Trujillo; Brianna Mendoa; Angel Morales; Destiny Pena; Mari Pena; Rogelio Pena; Geronimo Poling; Krista Poling; Kristopher Poling; Cheyenne Trujillo; Peter Trujillo, Jr.; Brandon Trujillo, Jr.; Feather Trujillo; Mukikmal Trujillo; Tashpa Trujillo; Kawish Trujillo; Susanne Walsh; Joseph Ravago; Kaley Ravago, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. S.M.R. JEWELL, Secretary, Department of the Interior; Kevin K. Washburn, Esquire, Assistant Secretary, Department of the Interior-Indian Affairs; Amy Dutschke, Regional Director, Department of the Interior; Robert Eben, Superintendent of the Department of Indian Affairs, Southern California Agency; Does, 1 through 10, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 8, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tracy L. Emblem (argued), Escondido, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

John L. Smelter (argued), Reuben S. Schifman , and Katherine J. Barton , Attorneys; John C. Cruden , Assistant Attorney General; United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C.; Barbara N. Coen , Office of the Solicitor, United States Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: STEPHEN REINHARDT, RICHARD A. PAEZ, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.


OPINION

This appeal analyzes whether the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) acted arbitrarily and capriciously when it concluded that, according to tribal law, it had no authority to intervene in a tribal membership dispute, in which more than 150 people were disenrolled from the Pala Band of Mission Indians (Pala...

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