“The federal government’s voluntary refusal to pay for its
own agency’s legal representation—despite ample resources to do so—does not constitute good cause for delaying this case.”
UPDATE (Background materials):
District of Arizona
Federal Court Allows Former Tribal Health Employee’s Suit to Proceed against Feds
Here are the materials in Goss v. United States (D. Ariz.):
Ninth Circuit Briefs in Begay v. Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation
Here:
Lower court materials in Begay v. Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation (D. Ariz.) here:
Federal Court Allows FTCA Suit re: Navajo Nation Police Vehicle Accident to Proceed
Here are the materials in Stearney v. United States (D. Ariz.):
Federal Trade Commission Sues Auto Dealership for Deceptive Trade Practices Near Navajo Reservation
Here is the complaint in FTC v. Tate’s Auto (D. Ariz.):
Federal Court Dismisses Part of Claim against Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation [possibly the creepiest federal agency name]
Here are the materials so far in Tso v. Office of Navajo and Hopi Relocation (D. Ariz.):
Update in Navajo Nation v. Dept. of the Interior (water rights case on remand)
Here:
2018-04-13 Doc 335 NN Mot Leave Intervene
2018-04-13 Doc 335-1 NN Memo in Support of Mot for Leave to Amend
2018-04-13 Doc 335-2 EX 1 – NN Proposed Third Amended Complaint
On remand from the Ninth Circuit, the Nation moves the district court for leave to file its third amended complaint, which restates the Nation’s claims for breach of trust (dismissal of the Nation’s NEPA claims was upheld). The appeals court gave short shrift to the argument by the US, adopted by the district court, that sovereign immunity barred the breach of trust claim, clarifying (consistent with the majority of circuits) that section 702 of the APA, as amended, is a broad waiver of that immunity for claims not seeking money damages.
While continuing to assert that the Secretary as water master for the mainstream of the Colorado River in the Lower Basin breached his fiduciary duties, including the duty of protection explicitly undertaken in the 1849 Treaty of Peace, in management decisions that failed to account for the needs and unquantified rights of the Navajo Nation for homeland purposes, the proposed amended complaint now focuses more particularly on the federal defendants’ historic failure to correct an omission in the Decree in Arizona v. California, omitting lands above Lake Mead, and inducing reliance on limited water supplies by others with rights junior to the Navajo Nation to the detriment of the Nation.
Indian Students’ Claims against BIE School at Havasupai Survive Motion to Dismiss
Here are the materials in Stephen C. v. Bureau of Indian Education (D. Ariz.):
78 Havasupai Tribe Amicus Brief
82 Society of Indian Psychologists Amicus Brief
Complaint here.
Navajo Nation Files Complaint Against US DOJ & City of Winslow Re Shooting Death of Loreal Tsingine
Here are the materials in Navajo Nation v. Sessions (D. Ariz.):
2018.3.27 – Complaint in Navajo Nation v Sessions – As Filed
2018.3.28 – PR Re Navajo Nation Files Complaint Re Shooting Death of Loreal Tsingine – FINAL
Federal Court Rejects Habeas Petition Seeking Vacature of Major Crimes Act Domestic Violence Conviction [Hualapai]
Here are the materials in Smith v. United States (D. Ariz.):
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