Reyes
Reyes v. United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Southern California Agency
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
BACKGROUND
26 Plaintiff, Emilio Reyes, submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act 27 (“FOIA”) on March 15, 2016 which was assigned No. FOIA BIA-2016-00916 and a FOIA 28 request on March 15, 2017 which was assigned No. FOIA BIA-2017-00863. The requests sought: drafts and final recommendations, reports, correspondence, emails, faxes and all related records by the California Agency of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; to The 4 Office of Indian Services, The Office of the Solicitor, The Office of Federal Acknowledgement, The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs and/or any other agencies within the Department of the Interior, in regards to the Tribal 6 affiliation and blood quantum correction of Mary (Grijalva) Bega, whom is listed on the 1928 California Indian Census Roll; application number 5676, Roll number 1332 and 8 All related documents and working papers in regards to Mary Bega’s tribal 9 affiliation determination by Marcia Wiezorek, Claims employee at the Bureau of Indian Affairs Regional Office in California. Long Decl. at ¶ 7. 11 He submitted another FOIA request on March 28, 2017 which…