Federal Court Issues Stay Pending Appeal in Alaska Fee to Trust Case

Here are the updated materials in Akiachak Native Community v. Jewell (D.D.C.):

139 Alaska Motion for Stay

140 Akiachak Opposition

143 Alaska Reply

145 DCT Order

An excerpt:

For the foregoing reasons, the Court will GRANT IN PART Alaska’s motion for an injunction by enjoining the Secretary from taking any land into trust in Alaska, pending the outcome of the appeal. The Court’s ruling does not apply to the pre-existing exception for the Metlakatla Indian Community of the Annette Island Reserve or its members. 25 C.F.R. § 151.1; see also 79 Fed.Reg. 24,648, 24,649.

Materials on the merits here. Materials on the motion for reconsideration here.