Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians v. State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 CHICKEN RANCH RANCHERIA OF CASE NO. 1:19-CV-0024 AWI SKO

ME-WUK INDIANS, BLUE LAKE

RANCHERIA, CHEMEHUEVI INDIAN STIPULATIONS AND ORDER

TRIBE, HOPLAND BAND OF POMO

INDIANS, and ROBINSON

RANCHERIA

11 Plaintiffs, 12 v. 13 GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor of California, and STATE OF

CALIFORNIA,

15 Defendants. 16 On July 28, 2022, the Ninth Circuit issued its published decision in Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians v. California, 42 F.4th 1024 (9th Cir 2022). This case concerns whether the State of California (State) had failed to negotiate in good faith with five California tribes seeking new tribal-state compacts required by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), 25 U.S.C. §§ 2710-2712, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1166-1167, in order for the tribes to conduct what IGRA defines as “class III gaming.” The court held that “IGRA strictly limits the topics that states may include in tribal-state Class III compacts to those directly related to the operation of gaming activities.” Chicken Ranch, 42 F.4th at 1029. …