PATCHAK v. SALAZAR

Civil Action No. 08-1331(RJL).

646 F.Supp.2d 72 (2009)

David PATCHAK, Plaintiff, v. Ken L. SALAZAR, Secretary of the Interior, and Larry Echo Hawk, In his official capacity as Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Defendants, and Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, Intervenor-Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

August 19, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tobey B. Marzouk, Marzouk & Parry, Washington, DC, Bruce A. Courtade, Gregory G. Timmer, Rhoades McKee, Grand Rapids, MI, for Plaintiff.

Gina L. Allery, Patricia Miller, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants.

Conly J. Schulte, Shilee Therkelsen Mullin, Fredericks Peebles & Morgan LLP, Omaha, NE, Demian Shipe Ahn, Ethan G. Shenkman, Seth P. Waxman, Wilmer Cutler Pickering, Hale & Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, for Intervenor-Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

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RICHARD J. LEON, District Judge.

Plaintiff David Patchak brings this lawsuit challenging the Secretary of the Interior's ("Secretary" or "United States") decision to take into trust two parcels of land in Allegan County, Michigan, on behalf of intervenor-defendant Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (the "Tribe") pursuant to the Indian Reorganization Act ("IRA"), 25...

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