Jamul Action Committee v. Dept. of Interior

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Jamul Action Committee, No. 2:22-cv-02148-KJM-JDP Plaintiff, ORDER v. Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Gaming, et al., Defendants. 17 In a previous order, this court dismissed the operative complaint in this action without 19 leave to amend and closed the case. See generally Order (Aug. 29, 2023), ECF No. 35. The complaint’s first claim, under the Freedom of Information Act, was moot because the plaintiff, the Jamul Action Committee (JAC), had received a copy of the document it sought, a map. /d. at 4. The remaining claims lacked support in a “cognizable legal theory” and did not meet the 23 federal pleading standard for averments of fraud. See id. at 5—6. The court did not permit any amendments because the JAC did not explain how it could assert a potentially viable claim that would not impermissibly challenge the rights and claims of a federally recognized Indian…