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CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF CHEHALIS v. MNUCHIN

Case No. 20-cv-01002 (APM), Case No. 20-cv-01059 (APM), Case No. 20-cv-01070 (APM).

456 F.Supp.3d 152 (2020)

CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF the CHEHALIS RESERVATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Steven MNUCHIN, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Treasury, Defendant. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Steven Mnuchin, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Treasury, Defendant. Ute Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Plaintiff, v. Steven Mnuchin, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Treasury, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

Signed April 27, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Riyaz A. Kanji , Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, Ann Arbor, MI, for Plaintiffs Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, Tulalip Tribes, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians, Asa'carsarmiut Tribe, Aleut Community of St. Paul Island, Pueblo of Picuris, California Elk Valley Rancheria, San Carlos Apache Tribe, Quinault Indian Nation.

William Kenneth Walker , Walker Reausaw, Washington, DC, Riyaz A. Kanji , Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, Ann Arbor, MI, for Plaintiff Akiak Native Community.

Paul W. Spruhan , Navajo Nation Department of Justice, Window Rock, AZ, Riyaz A. Kanji , Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, Ann Arbor, MI, for Plaintiff Navajo Nation.

Nicole E. Ducheneaux , Rose Michele Weckenmann , Pro Hac Vice, Big Fire Law & Policy Group LLP, Bellevue, NE, Riyaz A. Kanji , Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, Ann Arbor, MI, for Plaintiff Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.

Jennifer Bear Eagle , Oglala Sioux Tribe , Pine Ridge, SD, Nicole E. Ducheneaux , Big Fire Law & Policy Group LLP, Bellevue, NE, Riyaz A. Kanji , Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, Ann Arbor, MI, for Plaintiff Oglala Sioux Tribe.

Matthew Newman , Pro Hac Vice, Megan Rachel Condon , Natalie A. Landreth , Wesley James Furlong , Native American Rights Fund, Anchorage, AK, Nicole E. Ducheneaux , Big Fire Law & Policy Group LLP, Bellevue, NE, Riyaz A. Kanji , Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, Ann Arbor, MI, for Plaintiff Rosebud Sioux Tribe.

Matthew Newman , Pro Hac Vice, Native American Rights Fund, Anchorage, AK, Nicole E. Ducheneaux , Big Fire Law & Policy Group LLP, Bellevue, NE, for Plaintiffs Nondalton Tribal Council, Artic Village Council, Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government.

Frances C. Bassett , Pro Hac Vice, Jeffrey S. Rasmussen , Pro Hac Vice, Jeremy J. Patterson , Pro Hac Vice, Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP, Louisville, CO, Riyaz A. Kanji , Kanji & Katzen, PLLC, Ann Arbor, MI, Rollie Wilson , Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff Ute Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation.

Jason C. Lynch , U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

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