Keli'i AKINA; Kealii Makekau; Joseph Kent; Yoshimasa Sean Mitsui; Pedro Kana'e Gapero; Melissa Leina'ala Moniz, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
State of HAWAII; David Y. Ige, Governor; Robert K. Lindsey, Jr., Chairperson, Board of Trustees, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, in his official capacity; Colette Y. Machado; Peter Apo; Haunani Apoliona; Rowena M.N. Akana; John D. Waihe'e, IV; Carmen Hulu Lindsey; Dan Ahuna; Leina'ala Ahu Isa, Trustees, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, in their official capacities; Kamana'opono Crabbe, Chief Executive Officer, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, in his official Capacity; John D. Waihe'e, III, Chairman, Native Hawaiian Roll Commission, in his official Capacity; Na'alehu Anthony; Lei Kihoi; Robin Danner; Mahealani Wendt, Commissioners, Native Hawaiian Roll Commission, in their official capacities; Clyde W. Namu'o, Executive Director, Native Hawaiian Roll Commission, in his official capacity; The Akamai Foundation; The Na'i Aupuni Foundation; Doe Defendants, 1-50, Defendants-Appellees.
Keli'i Akina; Kealii Makekau; Joseph Kent; Yoshimasa Sean Mitsui; Pedro Kana'e Gapero; Melissa Leina'ala Moniz, Plaintiffs,
v.
State of Hawaii; David Y. Ige, Governor; Robert K. Lindsey, Jr., Chairperson, Board of Trustees, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, in his official capacity; Colette Y. Machado; Peter Apo; Haunani Apoliona; Rowena M.N. Akana; John D. Waihe'e, IV; Carmen Hulu Lindsey; Dan Ahuna; Leina'ala Ahu Isa, Trustees, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, in their official capacities; Kamana'opono Crabbe, Chief Executive Officer, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, in his official Capacity; John D. Waihe'e, III, Chairman, Native Hawaiian Roll Commission, in his official Capacity; Na'alehu Anthony; Lei Kihoi; Robin Danner; Mahealani Wendt, Commissioners, Native Hawaiian Roll Commission, in their official capacities; Clyde W. Namu'o, Executive Director, Native Hawaiian Roll Commission, in his official capacity; The Akamai Foundation; The Na'i Aupuni Foundation, Defendants-Appellees,
v.
Samuel L. Kealoha, Jr.; Virgil E. Day; Josiah L. Hoohuli; Patrick L. Kahawaiolaa; Melvin Hoomanawanui, Proposed Intervenors, Movants-Appellants.
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Argued and Submitted June 17, 2016 Honolulu, Hawaii.
Kannon K. Shanmugam (argued), Ellen E. Oberwetter , Eli S. Schlam , and Masha G. Hansford , Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, D.C.; Robert G. Klein , McCorriston Miller Mukai MacKinnon LLP, Honolulu, Hawaii; for Defendants-Appellees Robert K. Lindsey, Jr., Collette Y. Machado, Peter Apo, Haunani Apoliona, Rowena Akana, John D. Waihe'e IV, Carmen Hulu Lindsey, Dan Ahuna, Leina'ala Ahu Isa, and Kamana'opono Crabbe.
Donna H. Kalama (argued), Girard D. Lau , and Robert T. Nakatsuji , Deputy Attorneys General; Douglas S. Chin , Attorney General; Department of the Attorney General, Honolulu, Hawaii; for Defendants-Appellees State of Hawaii, David Y. Ige, John D. Waihe'e III, Na'alehu Anthony, Lei Kihoi, Robin Danner, Mahealani Wendt, and Clyde W. Namu'o.
Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Consuelo M. Callahan and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges.
OPINION
PER CURIAM:
These appeals concern recent efforts by a group of Native Hawaiians to establish their own government. The plaintiffs are Hawaii residents who challenge that process. They appeal the district court's order denying their request for a preliminary injunction to stop activities related to the drafting and ratification of self...
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