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ASSINIBOINE & SIOUX TRIBES OF FORT PECK v. NORTON

Civil Action Nos. 02-0035 (JR), 02-0040(JR), 02-0253(JR), 02-0254(JR), 02-0276(JR), 03-1603(JR), 04-0283(JR), 04-0900(JR), 04-0901(JR), 04-1126(JR), 05-2471(JR), 05-2491 (JR), 05-2492(JR), 05-2493(JR), 05-2495(JR), 05-2496(JR), 05-2500(JR), 06-1897(JR), 06-1898(JR), 06-1899(JR), 06-1902(JR), 06-2161 (JR), 06-2162 (JR), 06-2163(JR), 06-2164 (JR), 06-2206(JR), 06-2212(JR), 06-2236(JR), 06-2239(JR), 06-2240(JR), 06-2241 (JR), 06-2242(JR), 06-2245(JR), 06-2247(JR), 06-2249(JR), 06-2250(JR), 06-2254(JR).

527 F.Supp.2d 130 (2007)

ASSINIBOINE & SIOUX TRIBES OF the FORT PECK INDIAN RESERVATION v. NORTON, et al. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. Norton, et al. Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation v. Norton, et al. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation v. Norton, et al. Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation v. Norton, et al. Yankton Sioux Tribe v. Norton, et al. Osage Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma v. USA, et al. Crow Creek Sioux Tribe v. Kempthorne, et al. Omaha Tribe of Nebraska v. Kempthorne, et al. Oglala Sioux Tribe v. Kempthorne, et al. The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation v. Norton, et al. Wyandot Nation of Kansas v. Kempthorne, et al. Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kempthorne, et al. Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska v. Kempthorne, et al. Lower Brule Sioux Tribe v. Kempthorne, et al. Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation v. Kempthorne, et al. Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians v. Norton, et al. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe v. Kempthorne, et al. Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians v. Kempthorne, et al. Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska v. Kempthorne, et al. Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation v. Kempthorne, et al. Muskogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma v. Kempthorne, et al. Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahom v. Kempthorne, et al. Northwestern Band of Shoshone v. Kempthorne, et al. Red Cliff Bank of Lake Superior Indians v. Kempthorne, et al. Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians v. Kempthorne, et al. Colorado River Indian Tribes v. Kempthorne, et al. Tohono O`Odham Nation v. Kempthorne, et al. Nez Perce Tribe, et al. v. Kempthorne, et al. Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine v. Kempthorne, et al. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community v. Kempthorne, et al. Coer D'Alene Tribe v. Kempthorne, et al. Ak-Chin Indian Community v. Kempthorne, et al. Sokaogon Chippewa Community v. Kempthorne, et al. Gila River Indian Community v. Kempthorne, et al. Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Indians v. Kempthorne, et al. Haudenosaunee: The Onondaga Nation v. Kempthorne, et al.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

December 19, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Doris Noto, William R. Perry, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry LLP, Washington, DC, Jeannette Wolfley, Pocatello, ID, for Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation.

Alexander John Pires, Jr., Conlon, Frantz, Phelan & Pires, Washington, DC, for Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation.

Daniel D. Belcourt, Kim J. Gottschalk, Mark Christopher Tilden, Melody L. McCoy, Native American Rights Fund, Boulder, CO, for Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation.

Albert A. Foster, Jr., John J. Lynch, Dillingham & Murphy LLP, Washington, DC, Gregory A. Yates, Law Offices of Gregory A. Yates, Encino, CA, Patricia Ann Marks, Woodbine, MD, Brian J. Leinbach, Engstrom, Lipcomb & Lack, Keith D. Griffin, Thomas V. Girardi, Girardi & Keese, Walter J. Lack, Engstrom, Lipcomb & Lack, Los Angeles, CA, for Yankton Sioux Tribe, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe.

Deborah Y. Ho, Pipestem Law Firm, P.C., Merrill C. Godfrey, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, James P. Tuite, Miller & Chevalier, Chartered, William Eric Pilsk, Cutler & Stanfield, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Osage Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.

Anthony P. Hoang, Martin J. Lalonde, United States Department of Justice, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Jennifer Allaire, Kevin Edward Regan, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, John H. Martin, U.S. Department of Justice, Natural Resources Section, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Denver, CO, for Gale Norton Secretary of the Interior, Paul H. O'Neill Secretary of the Treasury, Neal A. McCaleb, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, United States of America, John W. Snow, Dirk Kempthorne Secretary of the Interior, Henry Paulson Secretary of the Treasury, Ross O. Swimmer Special Trustee.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

JAMES ROBERTSON, District Judge.

Defendants have moved for a six-month remand and stay of litigation in each of the 37 tribal lawsuits pending before me. See, e.g., Tohono O`Odham, Nation v. Kempthorne, 06-2236, [Did. 17, 18]. The plaintiff tribes all oppose the motion. The motion is fully briefed. No party has requested oral argument. For the reasons set forth below, the motion will be denied.

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