John v. United States

29 F.3d 632 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Katie JOHN; State of Alaska; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America; Manuel Lujan, Jr., Secretary of the Interior; et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. SOUTH KUIU THLINGIT NATION, its elders & individual members, Applicant in intervention-Appellant. No. 93-35295. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 9, 1994. Decided June 29, 1994. 1 Before: WIGGINS and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges, and EZRA, District Judge. * 2 MEMORANDUM ** 3 The South Kuiu Thlingit Nation, also known as the Kuiu Kwaan, appeals the district court's denial of its motion to intervene in this consolidated case as a matter of right pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(a)(2). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 . We affirm. 4 Pursuant to the language of Rule 24(a)(2), we use a four-part test to review denials of motions for intervention as a matter of right: (1) the applicant's…