The Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria are suing the U.S. Department of the Interior in federal court, seeking to compel the department to rescind its approval of the Koi Nation’s application to develop a resort casino outside Windsor.
The Graton tribe was unsuccessful in delaying that approval via a previous suit in late November. The latest legal action, filed Feb. 14 in the U.S. District Court’s Northern District of California, is aimed at a new Interior Secretary.
Doug Burgum has replaced Deb Haaland in the position following a change in presidential administrations.
The suit against Burgum, several other officials in the Department of the Interior, and the department itself, along with one of its branches — the Bureau of Indian Affairs — cites “arbitrary, capricious and legally inadequate decisions” by the defendants.
