Case Name: MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dennis STACH; Workers Compensation Appeals Board, for the State of California; Frederick P. Popanda, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1998-10-21
Citations: 156 F.3d 1344
Docket Number: No. 97-55338
Parties: MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dennis STACH; Workers Compensation Appeals Board, for the State of California; Frederick P. Popanda, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: BRUNETTI, FERNANDEZ, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 156
Pages: 1344–1345

Head Matter:
MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dennis STACH; Workers Compensation Appeals Board, for the State of California; Frederick P. Popanda, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 97-55338.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 7, 1998.
Decided Oct. 21, 1998.
Barbara E. Karshmer, Richard A. Cross, and John R. Shordike, Alexander & Karsh-mer, Berkeley, California, for plaintiff-appellant Morongo Band of Mission Indians.
Thomas J. McBimie, Department of Industrial Relations, Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board.
Jacqueline Schauer, John Plotz, M.C. Rudy, and Richard J. Rosa of Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Workers’ Compensations, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Dennis Stach.
Before: BRUNETTI, FERNANDEZ, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
. The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R.App.P. 34(a) and Ninth Circuit Rule 34-4.

Opinion:
IT IS ORDERED that this action be dismissed as moot. Accordingly, we vacate the judgment below and remand for dismissal. See United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36, 39-40, 71 S.Ct. 104, 95 L.Ed. 36 (1950).
VACATED AND REMANDED.