Dawson

MEMORANDUM **

This appeal has been filed pro se by individuals who objected to the district court’s approval of a settlement agreement regarding rights in the groundwater located on the aquifer underlying the Lummi Reservation on the Lummi Peninsula. We have jurisdiction over this appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review the district court’s approval of the agreement for abuse of discretion and may “reverse the district court only if its decision was based on an error of law or clearly erroneous findings of fact.” See United States v. Oregon, 913 F.2d 576, 580 (9th Cir.1990). We affirm.

The district court found the settlement agreement to be fundamentally fair, adequate, and reasonable, and its decision to approve the agreement was not based on an error of law or clearly erroneous findings of fact. See id. (“Before approving a consent decree, a district court must be satisfied that it is at least fundamentally fair, adequate and reasonable,” and conforms to applicable laws.). The district court gave the individuals who objected to the settlement agreement an opportunity to air their objections, and considered those objections before approving the agreement. See id. at 582 (“A…