UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT CHICKEN RANCH RANCHERIA No. 21-15751 OF ME-WUK INDIANS; CHEMEHUEVI INDIAN TRIBE; D.C. No. BLUE LAKE RANCHERIA; 1:19-cv-00024- HOPLAND BAND OF POMO AWI-SKO INDIANS; ROBINSON RANCHERIA, Plaintiffs-Appellees, OPINION

v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA; GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor of California, Defendants-Appellants.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Anthony W. Ishii, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 16, 2023 San Francisco, California Filed April 25, 2023 Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Daniel A. Bress, and Patrick J. Bumatay, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge Bress 2 CHICKEN RANCH RANCHERIA V. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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Attorneys’ Fees

The panel denied a request for attorneys’ fees by Indian Tribes that prevailed in their lawsuit against the State of California under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act.