Bruce Yazzie v. Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 1 2024

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

BRUCE YAZZIE, No. 22-16124 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:20-cv-08348-DLR 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 Douglas L. Rayes, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted November 6, 2023 Phoenix, Arizona

Before: HAWKINS and COLLINS, Circuit Judges, and S. MURPHY,** District Judge.

Bruce Yazzie appeals the district court’s summary judgment upholding,

under the Administrative Procedure Act, a decision of the Office of Navajo and

Hopi Indian Relocation (“ONHIR”) determining that Yazzie was not entitled to

relocation benefits under the Navajo Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974, Pub L.

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Stephen Joseph Murphy III, United States…