Buena Vista Rancheria of Miwuk
- March 25, 2021: Me-Wuk Opposition Brief
- Tribe is suing the County of Amador over fees imposed to address the off reservation impacts created by the on reservation developments.
- Jan. 2021: Court Rules Against Sanctions
- The Judge ruled against sanctions against the BIA. However, the Judge reaffirmed Buena Vista's mandatory land acquisition.
- November 27, 2020: The Buena Vista Rancheria of MeWuk Indians is asking for sanctions on the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- The Agency is acting in “bad faith” and violating the 1983 Tillie Hardwick Court Order to take land into trust for the Tribe.
- June 12, 2017: Amador County v Sacramento Regional Director 54.8 ac.
- Notice of Docketing
- Jan. 2017: FTT Application 81 ac. Non-Gaming
- March 16, 2016: Ruling and Order Amador Co. v SOI
- Rancheria Qualifies for Gaming
- Nov. 10, 2015: Buena Vista 54.90 acre acquisition
- October 10, 2014: Friends of Amador County v Sally Jewell Secretary of the Interior
- Writ of Certiorari
- August 8, 2013: Buena Vista Notice of Appeal
- April 25, 2013: Preliminary Bond OfferingCircular
- Amador County Board of Supervisor's Press Release Preliminary Bond Offering Circular describing Bonds to be issued by the Buena Vista Gaming Authority
- Feb. 28, 2012: Plymouth Meeting
- For Immediate Release
- 2010.04.20 US Motion on Buena Vista.pdf
- 2010.07.12 MEMORANDUM OPINION.pdf
- 2010.07.09 Amador Emergency Motion.pdf
- May 6, 2011: Amador County, CA v Sec. of the Interior Salazar
- The DOI relied on the IGRA provision that states that if the Secretary does not approve or disapprove a submitted compact within 45 days, the compact shall be deemed approved. DOI argued that in such scenario, the compact is deemed approved by operation of law and there is no final agency to challenge. The judges, however, focused on the clause that immediately follows, which states that the compact shall be deemed approved, “but only to the extent the compact is consistent with the provisions of this Act.” The 3 Judges Ruled in Favor of Amador County! YEA!
- Jan. 18, 2011: Interior Appellee Brief
- Oral Arguments March 8, 2011: The U.S. position is- that even if a compact violated the terms of IGRA, the Department of Interior believed the compact deemed approved after the 45-day time period would be unreviewable. Deemed approved allowed the compact to go into effect as an operation of law.
- Feb. 2, 2011: Amador County Reply Brief
- If the D.C. Circuit holds that the expiration of the 45-day time period constitutes a “final agency action” subject to review by the courts, it will create an important precedent in IGRA case law.
- Dec. 13, 2010: Amador County Reply Brief
- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments in Amador This case raises the issue of whether the Secretary of Interior’s inaction relating to a submitted tribe-state compact under IGRA is reviewable. The lower court held that the decision by the Secretary to take no action within the 45-day time period under IGRA does not constitute a “final agency action” under the APA.
- October 18, 2010: Order dismissing claims against the State
- No third party enforcement of the compact
- July 13, 2010: Amador County Appeal
- Feb. 2010: Friends of Amador County v Sec. Salazar
- and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
- July 2009: Request to withdraw NIGC Land Determination
- Stand Up For California requests of the Secretary of the Interior and Asst. Secretary of the Bureau of Indian Affairs withdrawal of the 2005 NIGC land determination for Buena Vista Rancheria.
- June 2009: Friends of Amador County to US EPA
- May 2009: Administrative Appeal by Concerned Citizens
- Related items include a history of the Rancheria lands and concise history of the Tribe.
- Jan. 23,2009:Motion for Reconsideration
- This motion specifically asks the Court to alter or amend its Order and memorandum Opinion on January 8, 2009(Judgment), by reversing its ruling and denying the federal defendants Motion to Dismiss.
- 2009: DC Court Dismisses
- The Secretary's choice of whether to approve, disapprove, or take no action on an Indian gaming compact is a decision committed to the Secretary's discretion and IGRA precludes judicial review of the Secretary approval by inaction.
- March 2008: Amador County vs. Dirk Kempthorne
- A challenge to the legal status of the land for gaming under IGRA.
- July 2007: Foothill Conservancy comment TEIR
- Nov. 2005: Governor comment on TEIR
- June 2005: Amador County comment Draft TEIR
- Buena Vista has a 2004 Tribal State Compact, thus the Tribe is required to adhere to a CEQA like process Tribal Environmental Impact Report. TEIR
- June 2005: NIGC Lands Determination
- Feb. 2005: Amador County comment on Buena Vista
- 1926-1929 Response to FOIA
- Correspondence between the Law Office of T. G. Negrich representing Mr. Louis Alpers and the Department of the Interior between 1926 through 1929 for the purchase of private property for two Indians. This established the U. S. lands held in fee named the Buena Vista Rancheria.
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