CACHIL DEHE BAND OF WINTIN INDIANS v. ZINKE

Nos. 17-15245, 17-15533.

889 F.3d 584 (2018)

CACHIL DEHE BAND OF WINTUN INDIANS OF the COLUSA INDIAN COMMUNITY, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ryan K. ZINKE, Secretary of the Interior; Kevin K. Washburn, Esquire, Assistant Secretary of the Interior-Indian Affairs; Michael S. Black, Director, United States Bureau of Indian Affairs; Amy Dutschke, Director, Pacific Region, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of the Enterprise Rancheria, California; Bureau of Indian Affairs; Department of the Interior, Defendants-Appellees. Citizens for a Better Way; Stand Up for California!; Grass Valley Neighbors; William F. Connelly; James M. Gallagher; Andy Vasquez; Dan Logue; Roberto's Restaurant; Robert Edwards, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior; Kevin K. Washburn, Esquire, Assistant Secretary of the Interior-Indian Affairs; Michael S. Black, Director, United States Bureau of Indian Affairs; Amy Dutschke, Director, Pacific Region, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of the Enterprise Rancheria, California; Bureau of Indian Affairs; Department of the Interior, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 2, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Forman (argued), Jay B. Shapiro , and Margaret C. Rosenfeld , Forman & Associates, San Rafael, California, for Plaintiff-Appellant Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians of the Colusa Indian Community.

Benjamin S. Sharp (argued) and Jennifer A. MacLean , Perkins Coie LLP Washington, D.C.; Brian Daluiso , Perkins Coie LLP, San Diego, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellants Citizens for a Better Way, Stand Up for California!, Grass Valley Neighbors, William F. Connelly, James M. Gallagher, Andy Vasquez, Dan Logue, Roberto's Restaurant, and Robert Edwards.

Mary Gabrielle Sprague (argued) and John L. Smeltzer , Attorneys; Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Jeffrey H. Wood , Acting Assistant Attorney General; Appellate Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Federal Defendants-Appellees.

Matthew G. Adams (argued) and Jessica L. Duggan , Dentons US LLP, San Francisco, California; Michael S. Pfeffer and John A. Maier , Maier Pfeffer Kim Geary & Cohen LLP, Oakland, California; for Defendants-Appellees Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of the Enterprise Rancheria, California.

Frank R. Lawrence and Zehava Zevit , Law Office of Frank Lawrence, Grass Valley, California, for Amicus Curiae Mooretown Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California.

Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, Carlos T. Bea, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

On July 15, 2003, the Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of the Enterprise Rancheria ("Enterprise") asked the Bureau of Indian Affairs (the "BIA"), a part of the United States Department of the Interior, to take a parcel of land into trust for them so that Enterprise could build a casino and hotel complex. In November...

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