United States Federal Circuit

In a dispute involving membership on an Indian tribe's governing body, an appeal from a grant of a motion to dismiss and a motion for summary judgment in favor of defendants, federal officials, officials of an Indian tribe and others associated with them, is transferred to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit as the court lacks jurisdiction over plaintiffs' appeal.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/11/2006
• Published 07/11/2006

Judges

• BRYSON, Circuit Judge., Before RADER, SCHALL, and BRYSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Federal Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David W. Scofield, Peters Scofield Price, P.C., of Salt Lake City, Utah, argued for plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles L. Kaiser, Davis Graham & Stubbs LLP, of Denver, Colorado, argued for defendants-appellees, Millicent Maxine Natchees, et al.   With him on the brief was Charles A. Breer., John A. Bryson, Attorney, Appellate Section, Environment & Natural Resources Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendants-appellees, Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the Interior, et al.   With him on the brief were Matthew J. McKeown, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and William B. Lazarus, Attorney.