Fredericks v. United States Department of the Interior

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ) SUSAN FREDERICKS, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) No. 20-cv-2458 (KBJ) ) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ) THE INTERIOR, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION John Fredericks, Jr., an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota, passed away in December of 2006. (Compl., ECF No. 1, ¶¶ 14, 18.) From that point until now, five of John’s children (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) have been engaged in litigation with the Department of the Interior (“DOI”) regarding the disposition and use of 3,477 acres of land in the…