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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 Alturas Indian Rancheria, No. 2:22-cv-01486-KJM-DMC 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 v. 14 Gavin Newsom and the State of California, 1S Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff Alturas Indian Rancheria brings this action against defendants Governor Gavin 18 | 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. 21 | Both parties move for summary judgment. For the reasons stated below, Alturas’s motion is 22 | granted, and the State’s motion is denied. 23 | I. BACKGROUND 24 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 26 | seventh claims for relief under…