UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MAVERICK GAMING LLC, No. 23-35136

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:22-cv- 05325-DGE v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; OPINION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR; DEB HAALAND, in her official capacity as Secretary of the Interior; BRYAN NEWLAND, in his official capacity as Assistant Secretary Indian Affairs; JAY INSLEE, in his official capacity as the Governor of Washington; ROBERT FERGUSON, in his official capacity as the Attorney General of Washington; ALICIA LEVY, in her official capacity as Chair of the Washington State Gambling Commission; JULIA PATTERSON, in her official capacity as Vice-Chair of the Washington State Gambling Commission; BUD SIZEMORE, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Washington State Gambling Commission; KRISTINE REEVES, in her official 2 MAVERICK GAMING LLC V. USA

capacity as Commissioner of the Washington State Gambling Commission; SARAH LAWSON, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Washington State Gambling Commission; STEVE CONWAY, in his official capac