STAND UP FOR CALIFORNIA! v. U.S. DEPT. OF INTERIOR

No. 18-16830.

959 F.3d 1154 (2020)

STAND UP FOR CALIFORNIA!; Randall Brannon; Madera Ministerial Association; Susan Stjerne; First Assembly of God-Madera; Dennis Sylvester, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; David Bernhardt; Bureau of Indian Affairs; Lawrence Roberts, Defendants-Appellees, North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians, Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 27, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean M. Sherlock (argued), Todd E. Lundell , and Jing (Jenny) Hua , Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., Costa Mesa, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Rachel E. Heron (argued), J. David Gunter II , Joann Kintz , Steven Miskinis , and Rachel Heron , Attorneys; Eric Grant , Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Jeffrey Bossert Clark , Assistant Attorney General; Environment and Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; Andrew S. Caulum , Attorney, Office of the Solicitor, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellees U.S. Department of the Interior, David Bernhardt, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Lawrence Roberts.

Danielle Spinelli (argued), Christopher E. Babbitt , John T. Byrnes , and Claire H. Chung , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians.

Before: R. Guy Cole, Jr., Ronald M. Gould, and Mary H. Murguia, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Plaintiffs-Appellants challenge the Secretary of the Interior's issuance, under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), of Secretarial Procedures which authorize the North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians to operate class III gaming activities on a parcel of land in Madera, California. Appellants contend that...

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