Apache Stronghold v. United States of America

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 Apache Stronghold, ) No. CV-21-00050-PHX-SPL ) 9 ) 10 Plaintiff, ) ORDER vs. ) ) 11 ) United States of America, et al., ) 12 ) 13 Defendants. ) ) 14 ) 15 I. BACKGROUND 16 In 2014, Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 17 2015 (hereinafter “NDAA”). PL 113-291, available at https://www.congress.gov/113/ 18 plaws/publ291/PLAW-113publ291.pdf (last visited February 12, 2021). Section 3003 of 19 the NDAA, known as the Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act, 20 authorizes…