UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

CAREY CLAYTON MILLS, No. 12-35589 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 4:10-cv-00033- RRB UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; SALLY JEWELL, Secretary of the Department of the Interior; JULIA DOUGAN, OPINION Acting State Director, Alaska State Office; MARK FULLMER, Supervisor Land Transfer Specialist, Division of Land Alaska State Office; ROBERT W. SCHNEIDER, District Manager, Fairbanks District Office; LENORE HEPLER, Field Manager, Eastern Interior Field Office; SCOTT WOOD; DOYON LIMITED; HUNGWITCHIN CORPORATION, Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska Ralph R. Beistline, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 15, 2013—Anchorage, Alaska 2 MILLS V. UNITED STATES

Filed January 29, 2014 Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, and Marsha S. Berzon and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Ju