Legal Opinion
Winnemucca Indian Colony v. United States ex rel. Department of the Interior
District Court, D. Nevada
Decided September 16, 2011No. 3:11-cv-00622-RCJ-VPCPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ROBERT C. JONES, District Judge.
This case arises out of the refusal of the U.S. Department of the Interior (“DOI”) to recognize the current tribal government of the Winnemucca Indian Colony (the “Colony”) and the interference of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (“BIA”) with the Colony’s activities on its own land. The Court issued a Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) ordering the BIA to grant interim recognition to some person or persons but not ordering or restraining any BIA activity on Colony land. Pending before the Court are motions for a preliminary injunction and to vacate the TRO.…
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