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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of : the Fort Peck Indian : Reservation v. Norton, et al. : Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. Norton, et al. : :

Civil Action No. 02-0035 (JR)

Civil Action No. 02-0040 (JR) Civil Action No. 02-0253 (JR)

Three Affiliated Tribes of : the Fort Berthold Reservation : v. Norton, et al. : Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation v. Norton, et al. Chippewa Cree Tribe of the Rocky Boy's Reservation v. Norton, et al. Yankton Sioux Tribe v. Norton, et al. Osage Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma v. USA, et al. Crow Creek Sioux Tribe v. Kempthorne, et al. Omaha Tribe of Nebraska v. Kempthorne, et al. Oglala Sioux Tribe v. Kempthorne, et al. The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation v. Norton, et al. Wyandot Nation of Kansas v. Kempthorne, et al. Rosebud Sioux Tribe v. Kempthorne, et al. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :

Civil Action No. 02-0254 (JR)

Civil Action No. 02-0276 (JR)

Civil Action No. 03-1603 (JR) Civil Action No. 04-0283 (JR) Civil Action No. 04-0900 (JR) Civil Action No. 04-0901 (JR) Civil Action No. 04-1126 (JR) Civil Action No. 05-2471 (JR)

Civil Action No. 05-2491 (JR) Civil Action No. 05-2492 (JR)

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Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska v. Kempthorne, et al. Lower Brule Sioux Tribe v. Kempthorne, et al. Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation v. Kempthorne, et al. Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians v. Norton, et al.

: : : : : : : : :

Civil Action No. 05-2493 (JR) Civil Action No. 05-2495 (JR) Civil Action No. 05-2496 (JR) Civil Action No. 05-2500 (JR)

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe v. : Kempthorne, et al. : Stillaguamish Tribe of : Indians v. Kempthorne, et al. : Iowa Tribe of Kansas and : Nebraska v. Kempthorne, et al.: Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation v. Kempthorne, et al. : : :

Civil Action No. 06-1897 (JR) Civil Action No. 06-1898 (JR) Civil Action No. 06-1899 (JR) Civil Action No. 06-1902 (JR)

Muskogee (Creek) Nation of : Oklahoma v. Kempthorne, et al.: Eastern Shawnee Tribe of : Oklahoma v. Kempthorne, et al.: Northwestern Band of Shoshone : v. Kempthorne, et al. : Red Cliff Bank of Lake Superior Indians v. Kempthorne, et al. Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians v. Kempthorne, et al. Colorado River Indian Tribes v. Kempthorne, et al. Tohono O'Odham Nation v. Kempthorne, et al. : : : : : : : : : :

Civil Action No. 06-2161 (JR) Civil Action No. 06-2162 (JR) Civil Action No. 06-2163 (JR) Civil Action No. 06-2164 (JR)

Civil Action No. 06-2206 (JR)

Civil Action No. 06-2212 (JR) Civil Action No. 06-2236 (JR)

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Nez Perce Tribe, et al. v. Kempthorne, et al. Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine v. Kempthorne, et al. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community v. Kempthorne, et al. Coer D'Alene Tribe v. Kempthorne, et al. Ak-Chin Indian Community v. Kempthorne, et al. Sokaogon Chippewa Community v. Kempthorne, et al. Gila River Indian Community v. Kempthorne, et al.

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Civil Action No. 06-2239 (JR) Civil Action No. 06-2240 (JR) Civil Action No. 06-2241 (JR)

Civil Action No. 06-2242 (JR) Civil Action No. 06-2245 (JR) Civil Action No. 06-2247 (JR) Civil Action No. 06-2249 (JR) Civil Action No. 06-2250 (JR) Civil Action No. 06-2254 (JR) Civil Action No. 07-0803 (JR)

Northern Cheyenne Tribe of : Indians v. Kempthorne, et al. : Haudenosaunee: The Onondaga Nation v. Kempthorne, et al. Jicarilla Apache Nation v. Department of Interior : : : :

ORDER At a status conference on June 6, 2007, the government requested a stay of discovery for 60 days to permit the briefing and consideration of an anticipated motion to remand Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community v. Kempthorne, No. 06-cv-02241; Ak-Chin Indian Community v. Kempthorne, No. 06-cv-02245; Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine v. Kempthorne, No. 06-cv-02240; and Tohono O'odham Nation v. Kempthorne, No. 06-cv-02236 to the - 3 -

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Department of the Interior for administrative proceedings. reaction from the bench was to suggest, in the interest of

My

conserving the resources of the parties and the Court, that the government file its remand motion in all of the 38 essentially identical tribal suits that are assigned to and pending before me. The government objects to that suggestion, mostly because Plaintiffs

settlement talks are ongoing in many of those cases.

object to any stay, arguing that the government's remand idea has already been rejected in a related case, see, e.g., Plaintiff's Comments Regarding Defendants' Request to File a Remand Motion, No. 06-02236, Dkt. #12 at 7-10. After considering the arguments of the parties, I believe that significant economies can be achieved by resolving this administrative remand issue once and for all. accordingly ORDERED that all proceedings in these cases are stayed for 30 days from the date of this order. It is It is

FURTHER ORDERED that the government has 30 days from the date of this order to file its anticipated remand motion in any or all of these cases. It is

FURTHER ORDERED that those cases in which the government files such a motion will be consolidated for the limited purpose of the remand motion and further stayed until the motion is decided. And it is

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FURTHER ORDERED that, in any case in which the government does not file such a motion, the government will be deemed to have waived its remand argument.

JAMES ROBERTSON United States District Judge

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