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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 25:640 Indian Tribal Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BEAR RIVER BAND OF ROHNERVILLE 

RANCHERIA, a federally recognized Indian 

Tribe,

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Defendants.

 No. 1:20-cv-01539-ADA-SKO

ORDER GRANTING PARTIES’ JOINT 

STIPULATION FOR APPOINTMENT OF 

MEDIATOR SCOTT BALES; REQUIRING 

THE PARTIES TO SUBMIT THEIR LAST 

BEST OFFERS FOR A COMPACT

The parties have jointly agreed to retired Chief Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court Scott 

Bales as the mediator pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 2710(d)(7)(B)(iv). (ECF No. 90.) 

Within ten days of this order, each party is directed to submit to the mediator “a proposed 

compact that represents their last best offer for a compact.” 25 U.S.C. § 2710(d)(7)(B)(iv). The 

mediator “shall select from the two proposed compacts the one which best comports with the terms 

of [IGRA], . . . any other applicable Federal law[,] and with the findings and order,” (ECF No. 86), 

of this Court. Id. Once the mediator selects a compact as directed, he “shall submit [the selected 

compact] to the State and the Indian tribe.” Id. at § 2710(d)(7)(B)(v). “If [the] State consents to a 

proposed compact during the 60-day period beginning on the date on which the proposed compact 

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is submitted by the mediator to the State under clause (v), the proposed compact shall be treated as 

a Tribal-State compact entered into under [§ 2710(d)(3)].” Id. at § 2710(d)(7)(B)(vi). “If the State 

does not consent during the 60-day period described [above] to [the] proposed compact submitted 

by [the mediator to the State], [he] shall notify the Secretary” of the Interior. Id. at § 

2710(d)(7)(B)(vii). The Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Tribe, shall then prescribe 

procedures for operation of class III gaming by the Tribe that are consistent with the compact 

selected by the mediator, the provisions of IGRA, and the laws of the State. Id. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 5, 2023 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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