Leland Todicheeney v. Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 11 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

LELAND TODICHEENEY, No. 22-16042

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:21-cv-08003-MTL

v.

MEMORANDUM*

OFFICE OF NAVAJO AND HOPI INDIAN

RELOCATION, an administrative agency of the United States,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Michael T. Liburdi, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 7, 2023 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: HAWKINS and COLLINS, Circuit Judges, and SEEBORG,** District Judge. Dissent by Judge COLLINS.

Leland Todicheeney appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment

to the Office of Navajo & Hopi Indian Relocation (ONHIR) affirming the

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Richard Seeborg, Chief United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation. ONHIR’s denial of his application for relocation benefits. We review de…