Darrell Bedoni v. Navajo-Hopi Indian Relocation Commission

878 F.2d 1119 Darrell BEDONI and his parents, Sidney Bedoni and Lena Bedoni, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NAVAJO-HOPI INDIAN RELOCATION COMMISSION, an independent administrative agency for the United States of America, Ralph Watkins, Sandra Massetto, and Hawley Atkinson, as Commissioners of the NHIRC, and Christopher Bavasi, as Executive Director thereof, Defendants-Appellees. No. 87-1818. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 10, 1987. Decided June 20, 1989. Richard M. Grimsrud, Flagstaff, Ariz., for plaintiffs-appellants. Maria A. Hzuka, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before GOODWIN and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and KING * , Senior District Judge. SAMUEL P. KING, Senior District Judge: INTRODUCTION When this matter last appeared before the panel, we concluded that the redress sought by plaintiffs, i.e., monetary relief in excess of $10,000 against a United States agency, divested the district court of jurisdiction under certain limiting provisions of the Tucker Act. See 28 U.S.C. Secs. 1346 (a)(2), 1491(a)(1). We therefore…