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FARAS v. HODEL

No. 87-2198.

845 F.2d 202 (1988)

Margarite FARAS, Chairperson for the Redress Grievance Committee, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald P. HODEL, Secretary of the Interior, in his official capacity; and Ross O. Swimmer, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 22, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Morris, Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc., Tucson, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellant.

Angus E. Crane, Dept. of Justice, Land & Natural Resources Div., Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees.

Before FARRIS, BRUNETTI and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge:

BACKGROUND

Appellant, Margarite Faras ("Faras"), is a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe ("Tribe") living on reservation land in Arizona. Faras, and other Tribal members, became concerned with deteriorating living conditions on the reservation. In response, they formed a grievance committee in which Faras has acted as chairperson. Faras believed that the Tribe was misappropriating funds received from the federal government pursuant...

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