Spokane Indian Tribe v. Dawn Mining Corp

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS AUG 3 2022

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SPOKANE INDIAN TRIBE; UNITED No. 21-35502

STATES OF AMERICA,

D.C. No. 2:72-cv-03643-SAB Plaintiffs-Appellees,

v. MEMORANDUM*

DAN SULGROVE; LESLIE SULGROVE;

CHAMOKANE LANDOWNERS

ASSOCIATION, INC.,

Objectors-Appellants,

v.

DAWN MINING CORP; STATE OF

WASHINGTON; CHRISTOPHER M.

NEWHOUSE,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington Stanley A. Bastian, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted July 5, 2022 Portland, Oregon

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. Before: WATFORD, R. NELSON, and LEE, Circuit Judges.

Objectors are Chamokane Creek Basin (“Basin”) landowners who challenge

the modification of a judgment that affects water rights in the Basin. We dismiss the

appeal because Objectors lack standing.

1. The United States established a reservation for the…