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WINNEMUCCA INDIAN COLONY v. U.S. EX REL. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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

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.

January 24, 2019.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 25 U.S.C. § 640
Cause: 25 U.S.C. § 640 Indian Tribal Rights
Nature of Suit: 290 Real Property: Other
Source: PACER

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winnemucca Indian Colony, Plaintiff, represented by Treva J. Hearne , Treva J. Hearne.

Judy Rojo, [256] Order, Plaintiff, represented by Robert R. Hager , Hager and Hearne, Treva J. Hearne , Treva J. Hearne & Sheryl Serreze , Office of the Attorney General.

United States of America, ex rel The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs & Superintendent of the Western Nevada Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Employees, Contractor and Agents of the Western Nevada Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Defendants, represented by Blaine T. Welsh , U.S. Attorney's Office & Holly A. Vance , U.S. Attorney's Office.

Linda Ayer & Allen Ambler, Defendants, represented by Brian R. Morris .

Jim Ayers, Laura Ambler & Cheryl Apperson-Hill, Defendants, represented by Brian R. Morris .

Jim Ayers, Laura Ambler & Cheryl Apperson-Hill, Intervenor Defendants, represented by Brian R. Morris .

William R. Bills, Intervenor Defendant, pro se.

Roger James Gifford, Interested Party, pro se.

ORDER

This case arises out of the refusal of the Bureau of Indian Affairs ("BIA") to recognize a tribal government of the Winnemucca Indian Colony. The Court ordered the BIA to recognize an interim chairman and ultimately acknowledged the results of tribal enrollment, elections, and litigation relating...

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