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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
Cause of Action: 25:640 Indian Tribal Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

SOUTHERN DIVISION

POARCH BAND OF CREEK 

INDIANS

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Plaintiff/Counterclaim

Defendants,

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vs. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 15-0277-CG-C

THAD MOORE, JR., in his official 

capacity as Tax Assessor of 

Escambia County, Alabama,

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Defendant/Counterclaim 

Plaintiff,

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et

al.,

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Counterclaim Defendants. )

ORDER

After due and proper consideration of all issues raised, and a de novo

determination of those portions of the recommendation to which objection is made, the 

recommendation of the Magistrate Judge made under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l)(B) and dated 

August 10, 2016 is ADOPTED as the opinion of this Court with the following 

exceptions.

The Court does not adopt the recommendation to deny the Plaintiff’s Motion to 

strike Defendant Moore’s affirmative defenses numbered 4 and 5, but rather grants the 

motion to strike defenses 4 and 5 for the reasons set forth in Plaintiff’s Objections (Doc. 

79). The report and recommendation is adopted in all other respects.

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Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that 

the Motion to Dismiss Counterclaim (Doc. 59) is granted (a) as to the United States 

Department of the Interior; Sally Jewell, Secretary of the DOI; Kevin Washburn, 

Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs; and the Bureau of Indian Affairs because, as 

conceded by the Counterclaim Plaintiff, they are not necessary Counterclaim 

Defendants in this action; and (b) as to the United States of America pursuant to 

Rule 12(b)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. It is further ORDERED, 

ADJUDGED, and DECREED that the Motion to Dismiss Amended Counterclaims 

and to Strike Certain Affirmative Defenses (Doc. 60) filed by the Poarch Band of 

Creek Indians and tribal council members, Stephanie Bryan, Robert McGhee, David 

Gehman, Arthur Mothershed, Keith Martin, Sandy Hollinger, Garvis Sells, and 

Kevin McGhee, is (a) granted in part to the extent that the Counterclaim Plaintiff’s 

counterclaims against them are dismissed pursuant to Rule 12(b)(1) and that the 

Counterclaim Plaintiff’s affirmative defenses 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 are stricken; and 

(b) denied in part to the extent that the Counterclaim Plaintiff’s affirmative 

defenses 9, 10, 11, 12 are not stricken.

DONE and ORDERED this 12th day of September, 2016.

/s/ Callie V. S. Granade 

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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