Keli'i Akina v. State of Hawaii

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

KELI’I AKINA; KEALII MAKEKAU; No. 15-17134

JOSEPH KENT; YOSHIMASA SEAN

MITSUI; PEDRO KANA’E GAPERO; D.C. No. MELISSA LEINA’ALA MONIZ, 1:15-cv-00322- Plaintiffs-Appellants, JMS-BMK

v.

STATE OF HAWAII; DAVID Y. IGE,

Governor; ROBERT K. LINDSEY, JR., Chairperson, Board of Trustees, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, in his official capacity; COLETTE Y.

MACHADO; PETER APO; HAUNANI

APOLIONA; ROWENA M.N. AKANA;

JOHN D. WAIHE’E, IV; CARMEN

HULU LINDSEY; DAN AHUNA;

LEINA’ALA AHU ISA, Trustees, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, in their official capacities; KAMANA’OPONO CRABBE, Chief Executive Officer, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, in his official Capacity; JOHN D. WAIHE’E, III, Chairman, Native Hawaiian Roll Commission, in his official Capacity; NA’ALEHU ANTHONY; LEI

KIHOI; ROBIN DANNER; MAHEALANI

WENDT, Commissioners, Native Hawaiian Roll Commission, in their official capacities; CLYDE W. NAMU’O, Executive Director, Native Hawaiian Roll Commission, in his official capacity; THE AKAMAI

FOUNDATION; THE NA‘I AUPUNI

FOUNDATION; DOE DEFENDANTS,

1–50, Defendants-Appellees.

KELI’I…