In Re Indian Gaming Related Cases. Chemehuevi Indian Tribe Elk Valley Rancheria Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe Hopland Band of Pomo Indians Redding Rancheria Smith River Rancheria, and Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians v. The State of California

331 F.3d 1094 In re INDIAN GAMING RELATED CASES. Chemehuevi Indian Tribe; Elk Valley Rancheria; Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe; Hopland Band of Pomo Indians; Redding Rancheria; Smith River Rancheria, Plaintiffs, and Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The State of California, Defendant-Appellee. No. 01-16283. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted December 3, 2002. Filed June 11, 2003. Eduardo G. Roy, San Francisco, California, for the appellant. Sara J. Drake, Marc A. Le Forestier, and Christine Murphy, Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for the appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Claudia Wilken, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-98-01806-CW. Before: BRIGHT, * HAWKINS and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges. OPINION WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge. 1 The Coyote Valley Band of Pomo Indians ("Coyote Valley") contends that the State of California ("the State") has refused to negotiate in good faith with the tribe to conclude a Tribal-State compact, as required by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act ("IGRA"), 25 U.S.C. § 2710 (d)(3)(A), and moved in the…