Holloman v. Watt

708 F.2d 1399 Steven Mark HOLLOMAN; Michael James Holloman; David Emerson, Jr.; and Jeffrey Todd Emerson; Minor, by his father and next friend, David Emerson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. James WATT, Secretary of the Department of Interior; Forest Girard, Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Sidney Mils, Acting Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; United States Department of Interior; Bureau of Indian Affairs, a subdivision of the United States Department of Interior, Defendants-Appellants. No. 82-3096. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 6, 1983. Decided June 20, 1983. Kerry L. Pickett, Pickett & Pickett, Spokane, Wash., for plaintiffs-appellees. Claire L. McGuire, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, and FLETCHER and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 The government appeals a judgment awarding damages to appellees for loss of tribal privileges arising out of acts of officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. We reverse. Appellees failed to carry their burden of showing…