WINNEMUCCA INDIAN COLONY v. DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR

No. 3:11-cv-00622-RCJ-VPC.

837 F.Supp.2d 1184 (2011)

WINNEMUCCA INDIAN COLONY et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America ex rel. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Nevada.

September 16, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Treva J. Hearne , Robert R. Hager , Hager and Hearne, Reno, NV, for Plaintiffs.


ORDER

ROBERT C. JONES, District Judge.

This case arises out of the refusal of the U.S. Department of the Interior ("DOI") to recognize the current tribal government of the Winnemucca Indian Colony (the "Colony") and the interference of the Bureau of Indian Affairs ("BIA") with the Colony's activities on its own land. The Court issued a Temporary Restraining Order ("TRO") ordering the BIA to grant interim recognition to some person or persons but not ordering...

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