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ALVARADO v. TABLE MOUNTAIN RANCHERIA

No. 06-15351.

509 F.3d 1008 (2007)

Pearl ALVARADO; Elishia Arenas; Mario Arenas, Jr.; Danny Daniels; Kathleen Davis; Chreyl Duran; Jeanine Gonzales; Diane Grigsby; Wayne Grigsby; Paula Gutierrez; Chad Elliott Lewis; Cheryl Lewis; Clifford Lewis; Donald Lewis; Jerry Lee Lewis; Kathy Lynnette Lewis; Kevin Lewis; Larry Paul Lewis, Jr.; Lisa Lewis; Louella Lewis; Regina Lewis; Trina Lewis-Davis; Carl Mekealian; Connie Mekealian; Jennifer Mekealian; Lori Mekealian; Mike Mekealian; Yvonne Mekealian; Alex Montgomery; Cliff Montgomery; Francine Montgomery; Vincent Moreno; Valentina Oliver; Darren Sorondo, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TABLE MOUNTAIN RANCHERIA, doing business as Table Mountain Rancheria Association; Lewis Barnes; William Walker; Aaron Jones; Carolyn Walker; Twila Burrough; Leanne Walker Grant; Craig Martinez; Robbie Castro; Ray Barnes; Vern Castro; Dirk Kempthorne, in his official capacity as the Secretary of the Dept. of Interior; United States of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed November 29, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian C. Leighton, Clovis, CA, for the appellants.

Paula M. Yost, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, San Francisco, CA; Timothy S. Jones, Sagaser, Franson & Jones, Fresno, CA; Sue Ellen Wooldridge, Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Katherine J. Barton, (argued), David B. Glazer and Elizabeth A. Peterson, Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the appellees.

Before: ARTHUR L. ALARCÓN, DAVID R. THOMPSON, and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

ALARCÓN, Circuit Judge:

Appellants appeal from the district court's order dismissing their complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Appellants are individuals who unsuccessfully petitioned the Table Mountain Tribal Council for admission to the Table Mountain Rancheria, an Indian tribe. Their complaint sought an order compelling the Table Mountain Rancheria to admit them as members. The district court concluded that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction...

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