Ackley v. United States

OPINION

MARGOLIS, Judge.

Norman L. Giffen, Claire Rose Guyatt, Mary L. Hastings, Mary Ann Hygelund, *307and Carol Jane Weis, plaintiff-intervenors, have filed a motion to intervene of right in this action, pursuant to RUSCC 24(a). After considering the entire record and hearing oral argument, the court denies the motion.

FACTS

Plaintiff-intervenors claim that they possess Vi Yurok Indian blood and are lineal descendants of Indian allottees of the Hoo-pa Valley Reservation. Plaintiff-inter-venors, who are siblings, allege that they were born and raised in Alaska, adopted at an early age by…