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67 Interior Board of Indian Appeals 1 (2019-2021)

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OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS
INTERIOR BOARD OF INDIAN APPEALS
801 NORTH QUINCY STREET
SUITE 300
ARLINGTON, VA 22203

DELAWARE NATION,
Appellant,

v.

SOUTHERN PLAINS REGIONAL
DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF INDIAN
AFFAIRS,
Appellee.

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Order Dismissing Appeal

Docket No. IBIA 19-074

October 29, 2019

The Delaware Nation (Appellant) appealed to the Board of Indian Appeals (Board)
from a May 13, 2019, decision (Decision) of the Southern Plains Regional Director,
Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), to refund to Marathon Oil Company (Marathon) advance
bonus deposits related to 42 unsuccessful bids for oil and gas leases, and to refund to
Marathon 75% of bonus deposits related to 29 unapproved leases after Marathon informed
BIA that it was unable to obtain the required mineral owner consent and requested that
BIA stop processing the leases.'
On October 25, 2019, the Board received from counsel for Appellant a filing
captioned Dismissal of Appeal, which the Board construes as a motion to dismiss
Appellant's appeal.2
'The appeal had been consolidated with another appeal from the Decision filed by the
Caddo Nation, Docket No. IBIA 19-075. The Board severed and dismissed that appeal.
Caddo Nation v. Southern Plains Regional Director, 66 IBIA 339 (2019).
2 On October 15, 2019, the Board received from Marathon a motion to dismiss Marathon
as a party and to order BIA to disburse the refunds due to Marathon. The Board's dismissal
of this appeal returns jurisdiction to BIA to execute the Decision and, in effect, moots
Marathon's motion.

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