Opinion
No. 19-71522
08-28-2019
In re: PINOLEVILLE POMO NATION; PINOLEVILLE GAMING AUTHORITY; PINOLEVILLE GAMING COMMISSION; PINOLEVILLE BUSINESS BOARD; PINOLEVILLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, LLC; ANGELA JAMES; LEONA L. WILLIAMS; LENORA STEELE; KATHY STALLWORTH; MICHELLE CAMPBELL; JULIAN J. MALDONADO; DONALD WILLIAMS; VERONICA TIMBERLAKE; CASSANDRA STEELE; JASON E. RUNNING BEAR STEELE; ANDREW STEVENSON, PINOLEVILLE GAMING AUTHORITY; PINOLEVILLE POMO NATION, a federally-recognized Indian tribe; PINOLEVILLE GAMING COMMISSION; PINOLEVILLE BUSINESS BOARD; PINOLEVILLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, LLC, a California limited liability company; ANGELA JAMES; LEONA L. WILLIAMS; LENORA STEELE; KATHY STALLWORTH; MICHELLE CAMPBELL; JULIAN J. MALDONADO; DONALD WILLIAMS; VERONICA TIMBERLAKE; CASSANDRA STEELE; JASON E. RUNNING BEAR STEELE; ANDREW STEVENSON, Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent, JW GAMING DEVELOPMENT, LLC, a California limited liability company, Real Party in Interest.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 3:18-cv-02669-WHO ORDER Petition for Writ of Mandamus Submitted August 7, 2019 San Francisco, California Before: O'SCANNLAIN, SILER, and NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Eugene E. Siler, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation. --------
The Pinoleville Pomo Nation and other tribal entities (collectively, the "Tribe") seek a writ of mandamus vacating the district court's discovery order and directing the district court to stay all further discovery in this case pending our resolution of the related appeal in JW Gaming Development, LLC v. James, No. 18-17008. Because the facts are known to the parties, we repeat them only as necessary to explain our decision.
The Tribe has failed to show that it is entitled to the "drastic and extraordinary remedy" of a writ of mandamus. In re Bozic, 888 F.3d 1048, 1052 (9th Cir. 2018) (internal quotation marks omitted). The district court did not clearly err in finding the requested discovery to be relevant to JW Gaming's breach of contract claim against the Tribe, for which the district court properly retains jurisdiction. See id. Even if such decision were clearly erroneous, the Tribe has failed to demonstrate that the remaining Bauman factors militate in favor of mandamus relief in this case. See id. at 1054-55.
The petition for a writ of mandamus is DENIED.