Legal Opinion

Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians v. Burgum

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided June 10, 2025No. Civil Action No. 2025-0958Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS, Plaintiff, Case No. 1:25-cv-00958 (TNM) v. DOUGLAS BURGUM, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM ORDER The Scotts Valley Pomo Band of Indians asks this Court to immediately stop the Department of Interior from reconsidering a recent decision. In January, the Department had granted the Band’s requests to take land into trust on its behalf in Vallejo, California, and to remove federal gaming prohibitions there. The Band started preparing a casino project. Then, in late March, the Department told the tribe…

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