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NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 6 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

EMILIO REYES, No. 23-55460

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 5:18-cv-02128-GW-AGR v.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; MEMORANDUM*

et al.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California George H. Wu, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted July 15, 2024** Pasadena, California

Before: PAEZ and SANCHEZ, Circuit Judges, and LYNN,*** District Judge.

Emilio Reyes appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the

Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (“BIA”), and an agency

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). *** The Honorable Barbara M. G. Lynn, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, sitting by designation. official on…