Ninth Circuit Reverses BIA Decision Favoring Cahto Disenrollees

Here is the opinion in Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria v. Dutschke.

The court’s syllabus:

The panel reversed the district court’s judgment affirming the federal Bureau of Indian  Affairs’ decision in favor of federal defendants in an action brought by the Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria, seeking to set aside the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ decision to direct the Tribe to place the names of certain disenrolled individuals back on its  membership rolls.

The panel held that the Tribe’s governing documents did not provide for an appeal to the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Tribe’s disenrollment action.

Briefs are here.

Briefing in Cahto Tribe Appeal of Federal Order to Re-Enroll Disenrollees

Here are the Ninth Circuit briefs in Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria v. Dutschke:

Cahto Opening Brief

BIA Answering Brief

Sloan Family Amicus Brief

Cahto Reply

lower court materials here.

Federal Court Affirms BIA Decision Ordering Laytonville Rancheria to Re-Enroll 22 Former Members

Here are the materials in Cahto Tribe of the Laytonville Rancheria v. Dutschke (E.D. Cal.):

Cahto Complaint

Cahto Motion for Summary J

BIA Cross-Motion for Summary J

DCT Order Affirming BIA Decision