Legal Opinion
NKIHTAQMIKON v. Bureau of Indian Affairs
District Court, D. Maine
Decided November 13, 2009No. CV-05-188-B-WPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR RELIEF
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.
The Court denies the Plaintiffs Freedom of Information requests for two Bureau of Indian Affairs documents, concluding that they are protected from disclosure under the deliberative process privilege.
I. STATEMENT OF FACTS
A. The Travel of the Case
This case has a tortuous history. It is a tagalong action to a contentious dispute between Nulankeyutmonen Nkihtaqmikon (NN) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) over the BIA’s June 1, 2005 approval of a ground lease between Quoddy Bay, LLC and the Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- NKIHTAQMIKON v. Bureau of Indian AffairsDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2009
- Nkihtaqmikon v. Bureau of Indian AffairsDistrict Court, D. Maine · 2010