Larry E. Ruff v. Donald Hodel, Secretary of the Interior and the Bureau of Indian Affairs

770 F.2d 839 Larry E. RUFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald HODEL, Secretary of the Interior * ; and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Defendants-Appellees. No. 84-3809. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 15, 1985. Decided Sept. 4, 1985. David R. Simon, Stephen R. Frank, Tooze, Kerr, Marshall & Shenker, Portland, Or., for plaintiff-appellant. George D. Dysart, Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, Or., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before GOODWIN, SKOPIL and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. 1 Larry E. Ruff appeals the district court's dismissal of his petition for judicial review of an adverse decision of the Interior Board of Indian Appeals. Because the district court had no jurisdiction, we affirm. 2 Larry Ruff claims to be the biological son of Warren M. Ruff, an enrolled member of the Klamath Tribe, who died intestate in 1970. Warren Ruff's estate was entitled to a per capita share of an Indian Claims Commission judgment awarded to the Klamath Indian Tribe in 1964. Distribution of the claim monies is governed by the Klamath Judgment Distribution Act of 1965, 79 Stat. 897 , 25…