Means v. Navajo Nation

432 F.3d 924 Russell MEANS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. NAVAJO NATION, a federally recognized Indian Tribe; Ray Gilmore, Judge of the Judicial District of Chinle, Navajo Nation, Arizona; Robert Yazzie, Chief Justice of the Navajo Nation, Respondents-Appellees, and United States of America, Respondent-Intervenor-Appellee. No. 01-17489. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 10, 2002. Submission withdrawn November 19, 2003. Resubmitted January 28, 2005. * Filed December 13, 2005. John Trebon, Trebon & Fine, P.C., Flagstaff, AZ, for the appellant. Donovan D. Brown, Sr., Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Navajo Nation Office of the Attorney General, Window Rock, AZ, for the appellees. Thomas L. Sansonetti (briefed), Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Env. & Nat. Resources Division, Washington, DC, for the intervenor. Jon Metropoulos (briefed), Gough, Shanahan, Johnson & Waterman, Helena, MT, for amicus curiae Thomas Lee Morris and Elizabeth S. Morris. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona; Earl H. Carroll, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-99-01057-EHC. Before KLEINFELD,…