Donna M. Gilbert v. RADM Michael D. Weahkee

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Decided: December 4, 2020
• Docket: 20-1484
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________

No. 20-1484 ___________________________

Donna M. Gilbert; Julie Mohney; Charmaine White Face

lllllllllllllllllllllPlaintiffs - Appellants

v.

RADM Michael D. Weahkee, Principal Deputy Director of Indian Health Service (IHS); James Driving Hawk, Great Plains IHS Area Director; William P. Barr, United States Attorney General

lllllllllllllllllllllDefendants - Appellees ____________

Appeal from United States District Court for the District of South Dakota - Western ____________

Submitted: December 1, 2020 Filed: December 4, 2020 [Unpublished] ____________

Before COLLOTON, SHEPHERD, and KOBES, Circuit Judges. ____________

PER CURIAM. Donna Gilbert, Julie Mohney, and Charmaine White Face appeal the district court’s1 dismissal of their action challenging a tribal organization’s contract with the Indian Health Service. Having carefully reviewed the record and the parties’ arguments on appeal, we find no basis for reversal. See Jet Midwest Int’l Co. v. Jet Midwest Grp., LLC, 953 F.3d 1041, 1044 (8th Cir. 2020) (abuse of discretion review of denial of preliminary injunction; injunction cannot issue if there is no chance of success on merits); Montin v. Moore, 846 F.3d 289, 292 (8th Cir. 2017) (de novo review of Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b) dismissal); Zimmerman v. HBO Affiliate Grp., 834 F.2d 1163, 1169-70 (3d Cir. 1987) (no abuse of discretion in finding class certification motion was mooted by dismissal of complaint).

The judgment is affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________

1 The Honorable Jeffrey L. Viken, United States District Judge for the District of South Dakota.

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