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SCOTTS VALLEY BAND OF POMO INDIANS v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR et al

  1. May 09, 2023

    Feds Lose Bid To Rethink Bay Area Casino Ruling

    A District of Columbia federal judge has denied a bid from federal prosecutors asking her to reconsider a ruling that ordered them to take another look at a plan to build a tribe-owned casino near San Francisco.

  2. November 03, 2022

    Feds Ask DC Court To Reconsider Bay Area Casino Ruling

    Federal regulators want a D.C. judge to reconsider her decision from late September telling them to take another look at plans for a tribe-owned casino near San Francisco, saying the ruling is in "clear error" for requiring them to accept that the California tribe has a historical link to the site.

  3. October 03, 2022

    DOI Must Reconsider Plans For Bay Area Casino, Court Says

    The U.S. Department of the Interior will need to revisit plans for a tribe-owned casino near San Francisco, after a D.C. federal judge said officials spurned the project based on an ambiguous term in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act that wrongly disadvantaged the tribe's proposal.

  4. February 25, 2022

    Judge Leery Of Scotts Valley Band's Bay Area Casino Suit

    A D.C. federal judge on Friday expressed skepticism about the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians' bid to vacate the U.S. Department of the Interior's denial of its casino plan as she wrestled with whether the U.S. Supreme Court's agency-friendly Chevron doctrine applies to this case.

  5. October 25, 2021

    Yocha Dehe Tribe Backs DOI In Scotts Valley Casino Land Suit

    The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation has backed the federal government's bid to toss another tribe's suit over its rejected casino plan, agreeing that the rival tribe doesn't have a sufficient historical connection to a 128-acre land parcel where it hopes to build its gambling venue.

  6. October 04, 2021

    DOI Questions Tribe's Historical Ties To Gambling Land

    The U.S. Department of the Interior has asked a D.C. court to toss a suit by the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians over a rejected casino plan, saying the federally recognized tribe doesn't have a "significant historical connection" to a 128-acre land parcel.

  7. February 11, 2021

    DOI Urges DC Circ. To Reject Yocha Dehe's Bid To Pause Suit

    The U.S. Department of the Interior has slammed the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation's request to pause a suit between a nearby tribe and the agency, arguing to the D.C. Circuit that the Yocha Dehe likely will not win its appeal.

  8. January 28, 2021

    Scotts Valley Band Wants Quick Win In Bay Area Casino Suit

    The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians asked a D.C. federal judge Thursday for a quick win in its suit against the U.S. Department of the Interior over a rejected casino plan, calling the rebuff "arbitrary and capricious."

  9. December 07, 2020

    California Tribe Fails Again To Join Tribal Casino Suit

    A D.C. federal judge has repeated her refusal to let Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation join the U.S. Department of the Interior in a fight initiated by the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians over a rejected casino plan, ruling that no laws changed since her September refusal that justified reconsideration.

  10. November 12, 2020

    Calif. Tribe Wants In On Casino Project Suit Against DOI

    The Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation has pressed a D.C. federal judge to reconsider her decision not to let it intervene in another tribe's suit over the federal government's rejection of a casino plan, saying its finances would be decimated if its rival opens a competing business.

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