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WILLIAMS v. GOVER

No. 04-17482.

490 F.3d 785 (2007)

Danny L. WILLIAMS; Beverly A. Clark-Miller; Freddie A. Gramps, Jr.; Carrie Jean Pedrini-Pierson; Christine Marie Dobis; Cindy Lusk Wicklander; Claudia Gramps; Gary Lee Seek; Jacqueline Marie Conn; Davida E. Gramps; Julia Jarvis Wicklander; Lavonne Tracy Woods Gramps; Lawrence Ira Seek; Rhonda Leann Corkin; Richard Wicklander; Ricky Dale Gramps; Ronald Seek; Rose Shumard Wicklander; Roxanne Gramps; Russell D. Gramps; Susanne Gramps; Teresa Marie Liske; Vivian Sebring; Junior Dale Edwards; Shirley Faye Underwood; Cherrie Marie Clark; Teresa Juanita Clark, Coy Eugene Clark; Clinton Wayne Staton; Georgia May Burdick Georgia May Burdick Honroth; Robert Allen Honroth; Robert Stanley Roth; Clifford Miles Burdick; Michelle Rene Burdick Michelle Rene' Burdick Shields; Pamela Sue Burdick Pamela Sue Burdick Terry; Richard Miles Burdick; Bonita Lynn Burdick Chambers; George Ronad Burdick; Georgina Danyel Burdick; Kasey Brook Burdick; Neville Brand Burdick; Emma Jean Timmons Tuttle; Lawrence Tuttle; Karen Tuttle Wesr; Raymond Tuttle; David Fields; Ellen Seek; Larry Graqces, Sr.; Richard W. Graves; Charles M. Graves; Pearl W. Wagner; Melba Ellen Razo; Charles Wesley Graves; Larry Graves, Jr.; Fran Hawkins; Lori Watkins; Leanna Graves; Kim Graves; Ronald Ardel Graves; Joann Parsons; Janice Kaye Wright; Cristina Lynn Wilson; Sue Brown Denise; Rickie Dean Wilson; David Lee Wilson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Kevin GOVER, Defendant, and Clay Gregory, Regional Director of the Pacific Region of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Troy Burdick, Superintendent of the Central California Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; United States of America; Aurene Martin, as Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Neal McCaleb, as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 20, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis G. Chappabitty, Sacramento, CA, for the appellants.

Kristi C. Kapetan (argued), Assistant U.S. Attorney, Fresno, CA, and Debora G. Luther (briefed), Assistant U.S. Attorney, Sacramento, CA, for the appellees.

Before: ANDREW J. KLEINFELD and SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and RONALD B. LEIGHTON, District Judge.

KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge.

This case is controlled by the proposition that an Indian tribe has the power to decide who is a member of the tribe.

Facts

Plaintiffs claim that they are descended from people who were named as members of the Mooretown Rancheria Indian tribe in either a 1915 census or a 1935 tribal voter list. "Rancherias are numerous small Indian reservations or communities in California, the lands for which were purchased by the Government...

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