United States Ninth Circuit

Plaintiffs' suit, seeking recognition as members of the Table Mountain Rancheria Indian Tribe, is dismissed for lack of federal court jurisdiction to intervene in tribal membership disputes.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/05/2005
• Decided 09/13/2005
• Published 09/13/2005

Judges

• SCHROEDER, Chief Judge:, Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, PREGERSON and TROTT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brian C. Leighton, Clovis, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Debora G. Luther, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Sacramento, CA, for the defendant-appellees.