Eugene Little Coyote v. United States Department of Th

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MAR 17 2010

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

EUGENE LITTLE COYOTE, No. 09-35527

Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 1:08-cv-0003-RFC

v.

MEMORANDUM *

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF

THE INTERIOR; BUREAU OF INDIAN

AFFAIRS; EDWARD PARISIAN, Rocky Mountain Regional Director; MARJORIE EAGELMAN, Superintendent of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation,

Defendants - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Richard F. Cebull, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 5, 2010 Portland, Oregon

Before: PAEZ, TALLMAN, and M. SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Eugene Little Coyote is the former President of the Northern Cheyenne

Tribe. He was removed from office by the Tribal Council during an allegedly

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. unconstitutional special session. Following his ouster the Tribal Trial Court and

Tribal Constitutional Court issued contradictory…