United States Ninth Circuit

In an action brought by individuals who unsuccessfully petitioned the Table Mountain Tribal Council for admission to the Table Mountain Rancheria, an Indian tribe, dismissal of plaintiffs' complaint is affirmed where the district court properly concluded that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to order defendants to admit plaintiffs as members of the tribe.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/16/2007
• Decided 11/29/2007
• Published 11/29/2007

Judges

• ALARCÓN, Circuit Judge:, Before:  ARTHUR L. ALARCÓN, DAVID R. THOMPSON, and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

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


• For Appellees:
  
• Paula M. Yost, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, San Francisco, CA;  Timothy S. Jones, Sagaser, Franson & Jones, Fresno, CA;  Sue Ellen Wooldridge, Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Katherine J. Barton, (argued), David B. Glazer and Elizabeth A. Peterson, Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the appellees.