Legal Opinion
Navajo Nation v. United States Department of the Interior
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 4, 2017No. 16-5117PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge KAVANAUGH.
SENTELLE, Senior Circuit Judge:
The Navajo Nation delivered a proposed funding agreement to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, an agency within the United States Department of the Interior, during a partial government shutdown. By law, the BIA had 90 days after receipt to act on the proposal or it would be deemed approved. The BIA did not consider the proposal “received” until normal government operations later resumed, and issued a partial declination 90 days after that date. The Nation filed an action to enforce the proposal, contending that the…
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