95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7696, 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 13,176 Nome Eskimo Community Native Village of Solomon King Island Native Community v. Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior, and the United States Department of the Interior

67 F.3d 813 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7696 , 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 13,176 NOME ESKIMO COMMUNITY; Native Village of Solomon; King Island Native Community, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bruce BABBITT, Secretary of the Interior, and the United States Department of the Interior, Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-35668. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 8, 1995. Decided Oct. 2, 1995. Joseph D. Johnson, Alaska Legal Services Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska, and Lawrence A. Aschenbrenner, Native American Rights Fund, Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiffs-appellants. David C. Shilton, Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before: HALL, WIGGINS, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge: 1 The district court properly dismissed this case because it was and is moot. I. FACTS 2 This case arises from an attempt by the Department of Interior to facilitate gold dredging on the floor of Norton Sound, the protrusion from the Bering Sea near Nome, Alaska. The seabed is called the "outer continental shelf." The outer…