Northern District of California

Yurok Tribe Suit against Bureau of Reclamation over Klamath River Coho Salmon

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here is the complaint in Yurok Tribe v. Bureau of Reclamation (N.D. Cal.):

Complaint

Elem Pomo Disenrollments: Amended Complaint, Motion to Dismiss, and Transcript

Sarah M Donnelly

Here are further materials in John et al v. Garcia et al, 16-cv-02368 (N.D. Cali):

Transcript of Proceedings held on September 14, 2016, before Judge William Alsup

Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

Respondents’ Notice of Hearing on Motion and Motion to Dismiss First Amended Petition; Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support Thereof

Opposition to Amended Motion to Dismiss

Previous posts: Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians Members File ICRA Habeas Claim to Challenge Disenrollment

In the related RICO case, legal counsel for the disenfranchised members filed a motion for attorneys’ fees. Here are further materials in Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria v. Ceiba Legal, LLP et al, 16-cv-03081 (N.D. Cali. 11/3/2016)

Defendants’ Motion for Attorneys’ Fee Award and Supporting Memorandum

Previous posts: Elem Indian Colony v. Ceiba Legal Complaint, Federal Court Dismisses Suit against Ceiba Legal

Federal Court Dismisses Suit against Ceiba Legal

Matthew L.M. Fletcher2 Comments

Here are the materials in Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria v. Ceiba Legal LLP (N.D. Cal.):

32 Individual Defendants Motion to Dismiss

35 Ceiba Motion to Dismiss

45 Opposition

51 Ceiba Reply

52 Individual Defendants Reply

63 DCT Order

Contract Action against Blue Lake Rancheria Dismissed for Failure to Exhaust Tribal Remedies

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here are the materials in Acres v. Blue Lake Rancheria Tribal Court (N.D. Cal.):

32 Motion to Dismiss

40 Response

41 Reply

48 DCT Order

Court Dismisses with Leave to Amend Tribal Challenge to Willits Bypass

Sarah M Donnelly

Materials in the matter of Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California, et al v. United States Department of Transportation et al, 15-cv-04987 (N.D. Cal. 2016):

Doc. 26 – California Department of Transportation’s and Malcolm Dougherty’s Answer and Affirmative Defenses to Complaint

Doc. 31 – Federal Defendants’ Notice of Motion and Motion to Dismiss

Doc. 35 – Opposition of Plaintiffs the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California and the Round Valley Indian Tribes of California to Federal Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss

Doc. 36 – Federal Defendants’ Reply in Support of Their Motion to Dismiss

Doc. 58 – Order Granting Federal Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, with Leave to Amend

Link to previously posted complaint here.

Elem Indian Colony v. Ceiba Legal Complaint

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here is the complaint in Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians of the Sulphur Bank Rancheria v. Ceiba Legal LLP (N.D. Cal.):

Complaint

A complaint involving many of the same individuals captioned John v. Brown is here.

 

Venue Change for Jurisdiction Suit Against Blue Lake Rancheria Tribal Court

Sarah M Donnelly

Here are the materials in Acres v. Blue Lake Rancheria Tribal Court, 16-cv-02622 (N.D. Cali.):

Doc. 9 Notice of Motion and Motion to Dismiss

Doc. 11 Plaintiff’s Memo and Points of Authorities Opposing Defendants’ MTD

Doc. 21 Order Transferring Case to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California

Complaint previously posted here.

Elem Indian Colony of Pomo Indians Members File ICRA Habeas Claim to Challenge Disenrollment

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here is the complaint and exhibits in John v. Brown (N.D. Cal.):

WRIT HABEAS CORPUS CONFORMED COPY

Karuk Tribe Complaint against National Marine Fisheries Service

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Karuk Tribe v. Stelle (N.D. Cal.):

Complaint

An excerpt:

This is a civil action against the National Marine Fisheries Service (“NMFS”) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and the United States Forest Service (“USFS”) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Plaintiffs allege NMFS violated the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) when it issued a Biological Opinion (“BiOp”) and Incidental Take Statement (“ITS”) for the Westside Fire Recovery Project on Forest Service lands in the Klamath River watershed. Plaintiffs further allege the USFS violated the National Environmental Policy Act and National Forest Management Act when it issued a Record of Decision (“ROD”) approving the Westside Fire Recovery Project on the Klamath National Forest.

Tribal Challenge to Willits Bypass Project

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here is the complaint in Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians of California v. United States Dept. of Transportation (N.D. Cal.):

Complaint

An excerpt:

Defendants in this case must not be allowed to destroy historic properties, cultural resources, and sacred sites to build the Willits Bypass Project. This case challenges Defendants’ ongoing failure to properly identify and protect Plaintiffs’ ancestral, sacred, cultural, and archaeological sites and resources in the construction of the Willits Bypass Project. As a result of Defendants’ ground-disturbing activity both along the route and in the mitigation lands of the Willits Bypass Project, Defendants have destroyed the ancestral Native American sacred and cultural sites of Plaintiffs the Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians and the Round Valley Indian Tribes of California and failed to protect such places in the area of the Project, including the mitigation lands.