Wolfchild v. Us

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PENDLETON, BARBARA FEEZOR BUTTES, WINIFRED ST. PIERRE FEEZOR, AUTUMN

WEAVER, ARIES BLUESTONE WEAVER, ELIJAH BLUESTONE WEAVER, RUBY MINKEL, LAVONNE

A. SWENSON, WILLIS SWENSON, AARON SWENSON, BEVERLY M. SCOTT, LILLIAN WILSON, MONIQUE WILSON, SANDRA

COLUMBUS GESHICK, CHERYL K. LORUSSO,

JENNIFER K. LORUSSO, CASSANDRA

SHEVCHUK, JASON SHEVCHUK, JAMES PAUL WILSON, EVA GRACE WILSON, BENITA M. JOHNSON, AND KEVIN LORUSSO,

Plaintiffs-Cross Appellants,

AND

ANITA D. WHIPPLE ET AL., DESCENDANTS OF LUCY TRUDELL, BONNIE RAE LOWE, ET AL., DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH GRAHAM, ET AL., LENOR ANN SCHEFFLER BLAESER ET AL.,

DESCENDANTS OF JOHN MOOSE, AND MARY BETH LAFFERTY, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs,

AND

COURSOLLE DESCENDANTS AND ROCQUE AND

TAYLOR DESCENDANTS,

Plaintiffs, AND

DEBORAH L. SAUL, LAURA VASSAR, ET AL., LYDIA FERRIS ET AL., DANIEL M TRUDELL, ET AL., ROBERT LEE TAYLOR, ET AL., AND DAWN

HENRY,

Plaintiffs, AND

RAYMOND CERMAK, SR., (ACTING

INDIVIDUALLY AND UNDER A POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR STANLEY F. CERMAK, SR.), MICHAEL STEPHENS, ET AL., JESSE CERMAK,

ET AL., DENISE HENDERSON, DELORES KLINGBERG, SALLY ELLA ALKIRE, PIERRE ARNOLD, JR., AND GETRUDE GODOY ET AL.,

Plaintiffs, AND

JOHN DOES 1-30, WINONA C. THOMAS ENYARD,

AND KITTO, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs, AND

FRANCINE GARREAU, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs, AND FRANCIS ELAINE FELIX, Plaintiff, AND KE ZEPHIER, ET AL.,

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Plaintiffs,

AND LOWER SIOUX INDIAN COMMUNITY,

Plaintiff,

AND PHILIP W. MORGAN,

Plaintiff,

AND REBECCA ELIZABETH FELIX,

Plaintiff,

AND VERA A. ROONEY, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs,

AND DANNY LEE MOZAK, Plaintiff-Cross Appellant,

AND DAWN BURLEY, ET AL., Plaintiffs-Cross Appellants,

AND HARLEY ZEPHIER, SR., Plaintiff-Cross Appellant,

AND JOHN DOES 1-433,

Plaintiffs-Cross Appellants,

JULIA DUMARCE, ET AL.,

Plaintiffs-Cross Appellants,

AND

RAYMOND COURNOYER, SR., ET AL., JERRY ROBINETTE, ET AL., SANDRA KIMBELL, ET AL., CHARLENE WANNA, ET AL., AND LESLIE LEE

FRENCH, ET AL., Plaintiffs-Cross Appellants,

AND

KRISTINE ABRAHAMSON,

Plaintiff-Cross Appellant, AND

VICTORIA ROBERTSON VADNAIS,

Plaintiff-Cross Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellant. 2012-5035, -5036, -5043

Appeals from the United States Court of Federal

Claims in consolidated case nos. 03-CV-2684 and 01-CV- 0568, Judge Charles F. Lettow.

ON MOTION

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ORDER

Before REYNA, Circuit Judge.

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, the

Prairie Island Indian Community, and the Lower Sioux Indian Community ("Tribes") move for leave to file an amicus brief in support of the United States' Answering and Reply Brief with brief attached. Sheldon Peters Wolfchild et al. ("The Wolfchild Plaintiffs") move for leave to file an opposition to the Tribes' amicus brief.

IT Is ORDERED THAT:

1) The Tribes' motion for leave to file an amicus brief is granted. The brief is accepted for filing.

2) The Wolfchild Plaintiffs' motion to file a response brief is granted to the extent that the Wolfchild Plaintiffs may file a replacement reply brief, to include any addi- tional arguments in response to the amicus brief, within 14 days of the date of filing of this order. The replace- ment reply brief may not exceed 7,000 words. If no re- placement reply brief is filed, the case will proceed on the reply brief previously submitted.

FOR THE COURT JAN 11 2013 /s/ Jan Horbaly

Date Jan Horbaly

Clerk cc: Wood R. Foster, Jr., Esq.

Scott Allen Johnson, Esq.

Garrett J. Horn, Esq. CO\JJ~~EALSFOR

UJ.THE FEDERAL r,IRcurr Jack E. Pierce, Esq.

Elizabeth T. Walker, Esq. JAN 17 2013

JAN HORBAlY

CLERK Jay C. Shultz, Esq.

Francis Elaine Felix Douglas R. Kettering, Esq.

Philip William Morgan Rebecca Elizabeth Felix Bernard Joseph Rooney, Esq.

Erick G. Kaardal, Esq.

Creighton A. Thurman, Esq.

Kelly Stricherz, Esq.

Larry B. Leventhal, Esq.

Robin L. Zephier, Esq.

Gary John Montana, Esq.

Randy Vern Thompson, Esq.

John L. Smeltzer, Esq.

Barry P. Hogan, Esq.

Royce D. Edwards, Sr., Esq. s25