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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 Governor Gavin Newsom and the State of California, challenging the State’s negotiating position with respect to a 19 new tribal-state gaming compact. Alturas claims the State did not negotiate the compact in good 20 faith as required by the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), 25 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq. Both parties move for summary judgment. For the reasons stated below, Alturas’s motion is granted, and the State’s motion is denied. 23 I. BACKGROUND This lawsuit addresses the Governor’s conduct on behalf of California during the tribal- 25 state compact negotiations with Alturas. The court previously dismissed Alturas’s sixth and seventh claims for relief under…