TARBELL v. DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

No. CIV.A.7:02-CV-1072(DEP).

307 F.Supp.2d 409 (2004)

Philip H. TARBELL, Barbara A. Lazore, Erma White-Moore, Russell P. Lazore, Loren Oakes, Glenn Hill, Sr., Carol T. Herne, Kerney Cole, Individually and as Purported Representatives of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, Plaintiffs, v. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Hon. Neal McCaleb, as Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Commissioner of Interior Affairs, Defendants, Alma Ransom, Hilda Smoke and Paul Thompson, Individually and as Purported Representatives of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, Intervenors-Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. New York.

February 11, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Breeze, Rhodes-Devey (Michael Rhodes-Devey, Esq., of counsel), Albany, NY, for plaintiffs.

Dept. of the Interior (John Harrington, Esq., of counsel), Atlanta, GA, Glenn T. Suddaby, Office of the United States Attorney (William H. Pease, Esq., Charles Roberts, Esq., of counsel), Syracuse, NY, for defendants.

Crowell & Moring Law Firm (Peter B. Work, Esq., of counsel), Washington, D.C., Barr & Associates Law Firm (Russell D. Barr, Esq., of counsel), Stowe, VT, for Intervenors-Defendants.


DECISION AND ORDER

PEEBLES, United States Magistrate Judge.

The plaintiffs, who are members of the St. Regis Mohawk Indian Tribe and proponents of Tribal government reform, have commenced this action seeking judicial review of four distinct Department of the Interior ("DOI") administrative agency actions, relating to a longstanding dispute over leadership of the St. Regis Mohawk Indian Tribe. Their complaint calls upon the court to accomplish a seemingly...

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