Cavazos v. Bernhardt

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JULIA CAVAZOS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Civil Action No. 20-2942 (CKK) DEBRA HAALAND, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION (January 10, 2022) This administrative law case centers on a U.S. Department of the Interior’s (“Interior”) decision (“AS-IA Decision”), after an informal adjudication, to decline to intervene in tribal disenrollment proceedings by the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan (“Tribe”). Plaintiffs are former members of the Tribe who have since been disenrolled by Tribal leadership. Plaintiffs charge that a federal…