Notice by Defendant — Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians et al. v. Mnuchin (D.D.C., Doc. 40)

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A Notice by Defendant filed June 15, 2020 as Document 40 in Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, et al. v. Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the Treasury, Case No. 1:20-cv-1136-APM, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The notice states that at that morning's status conference the Court asked how quickly Treasury could commence disbursement of the $679 million currently being reserved, if ordered to do so, and that Treasury estimates it could initiate payments within one business day of such an order. It states that the estimate assumes the Court would order payment of the reserved amount as currently allocated under the employment- and expenditure-based formulae announced on Friday, June 12, 2020. It is dated June 15, 2020 and signed /s/ Jason C. Lynch.

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           Case 1:20-cv-01136-APM Document 40 Filed 06/15/20 Page 1 of 2




                            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

     AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA
    INDIANS, et al.,

                        Plaintiffs,

          v.                                         Case No. 1:20-cv-1136-APM

    STEVEN MNUCHIN, in his official capacity
    as Secretary of the Treasury,

                        Defendant.

                                      NOTICE BY DEFENDANT
         At this morning’s status conference, the Court asked how quickly Treasury could

commence disbursement of the $679 million currently being reserved, see Def. Status Rep. (ECF

No. 39), if ordered by the Court to do so. Treasury estimates that it could initiate payments within

one business day of such an order. This estimate assumes that the Court would order Treasury to

pay the reserved amount as it is currently allocated under the employment- and expenditure-based

formulae announced on Friday, June 12, 2020. 1


Dated: June 15, 2020                                   Respectfully submitted,

                                                       JOSEPH H. HUNT
                                                       Assistant Attorney General

                                                       ERIC WOMACK
                                                       Assistant Branch Director

                                                       /s/ Jason C. Lynch
                                                       Jason C. Lynch (D.C. Bar No. 1016319)
                                                       Trial Attorney
                                                       United States Department of Justice
                                                       Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch

1
   See U.S. Treasury, Allocation to Tribal Governments (June 12, 2020), available at
https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/Tribal-Allocation-Methodology-for-Second-
Distribution.pdf.


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                                  Email: Jason.Lynch@usdoj.gov

                                  Attorneys for Defendants




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