Yazzie

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 6 2026

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

HARVEY YAZZIE, No. 24-5528 Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 3:23-cv-08510-JAT v.

MEMORANDUM*

UNITED STATES OFFICE OF NAVAJO

AND HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona James A. Teilborg, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted September 15, 2025 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: COLLINS, MENDOZA, and DESAI, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiff Harvey Yazzie brought this suit under the Administrative Procedure

Act (“APA”) seeking judicial review of an administrative decision by the Office of

Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation (“ONHIR”) determining that he was not

eligible for relocation benefits under the Navajo Hopi Land Settlement Act of

1974, Pub. L. No. 93-531, 88 Stat. 1712 (Dec. 22, 1974), as amended (“the

Settlement Act”). The district court granted summary judgment to the ONHIR,

and Yazzie has timely appealed. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §…