Hardwick

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TILLIE HARDWICK, et al., Case No. 79-cv-01710-EMC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

v. MOTION TO ENFORCE JUDGMENT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., Docket No. 364 Defendants.

12 13 The Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians (“the Tribe”) has moved the Court for an order requiring the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) to take restored Rancheria lands into trust pursuant to the 1983 Stipulated Judgment. The Tribe previously moved the Court for an order requiring the BIA to stop taking any action with respect to the Tribe’s immediate fee-to-trust matter until the Court ruled on the pending motion to enforce the 1983 Stipulated Judgment. The Court denied the motion, finding that the Tribe had failed to show that it would be irreparably harmed absent a stay. The BIA subsequently issued a decision letter reaffirming its prior conclusion that it “lacks authority to acquire the Rancheria in trust for the Tribe through the mandatory…