Reyes
Reyes v. United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EMILIO REYES, Case No.: 17cv01612 JAH-RBB
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’
v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY
JUDGMENT
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF [Doc. No. 29] THE INTERIOR, et. al. 15 Defendants. 16 17 BACKGROUND Plaintiff, Emilio Reyes, submitted requests under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) online to the Indian Affairs-BIA FOIA Office on March June 15, 2017 and June 23, 2017. Complaint ¶ 2, 46; ¶ Long Decl. ¶ 4. The two requests sought records pertaining to the 1928 California Indian applications of deceased individuals Lena Mae (Montes) Lawson, Frances (Montes) Adams and Cleveland Richard 23 Adams. In the same request, Plaintiff seeks records of Lena Mae (Montes) Lawson, relating to the Departments consideration of her enrollment and membership eligibility in the Miwok Tribe, including her application under the revised roll of the 25 Act of 1948. Complaint ¶ 3,…