Manygoats

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 16 2025

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ELSIE MANYGOATS, No. 24-3274 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellant, 3:22-cv-08028-DLR v.

MEMORANDUM*

UNITED STATES OFFICE OF NAVAJO

AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION, an administrative agency of the United States,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Douglas L. Rayes, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 4, 2025 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: HAWKINS, WALLACH**, and R. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

The Manygoats family sought relocation benefits on behalf of Charley

Manygoats, now deceased, pursuant to the Navajo-Hopi Settlement Act. Pub. L.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Evan J. Wallach, United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, sitting by designation. No. 93-531, 88 Stat. 1712 (formerly codified, as amended, at 25 U.S.C. §§ 640d–

640d-31 (2015)). An Office of Navajo and Hopi…