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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Alturas Indian Rancheria, No. 2:22-cv-01486-KJM-DMC Plaintiff, ORDER v. Gavin Newsom and the State of California, 1S Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Alturas Indian Rancheria brings this action against defendants Gavin Newsom 18 and the State of California, challenging defendants’ negotiating position with respect to a new 19 tribal-state compact. Alturas claims defendants did not negotiate the compact in good faith as 20 required by the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) and did not offer a materially identical compact as required by state law. Defendants move to dismiss Alturas’s state law claims, arguing those claims misconstrue the relevant state law and have no legal basis. In 23 response, Alturas moves for summary judgment on the state law claims. Those state law claims 24 present a matter of first impression. Because Alturas cannot state a claim under the relevant state 25 law, the…