FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
ELOUISE PEPJON COBELL, @ ah, 
Plaintiffs, 1 
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GALE A. NORTON, Secretary of the Interior, 
Defendants. 
Preliminary Injunction is attached hereto. 
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NOTICE OF APPEAL 
Notice is hereby given that Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the Interior, and Aurene M. 
Martin, Acting Assistant Secretary of Interior-Indian Affairs, defendants in this case, hereby 
appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia from the Preliminary 
Injunction entered on July 28, 2003, under Docket Number 21 59. A copy of the July 28,2003 
Respecthlly submitted, 
ROBERT D. McCALLUM, JR. 
Associate Attorney General 
PETER D. KEISLER 
Assistant Attorney General 
STUART E. SCHIFFER 
Deputy Assistant Attorney General 
J. CHRISTOPHER KOHN 
Director 
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CLEfiff 
Case No. 1:96CVO1285 
(Judge Lamberth) Deputy Director 
JOHN T. STEMPLEWICZ 
Senior Trial Attorney 
JOHN WARSHAWSKY (D.C. Bar No. 417170) 
Trial Attorney 
Commercial Litigation Branch 
Civil Division 
P.O. Box 875 
Ben Franklin Station 
Washington, D.C. 20044-0875 
Telephone: (202) 5 14-71 94 
September 25,2003 
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Plaintiffs, 
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GALE A. SORTON, Secretary of the 
Interior, gt &, 
2003. 
Defii$fions A. 
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services), and related resouces. 
Defeadants. 
For the reasons stated in the Caurt’s mtmorandum opinion ~ S S L I ~ ~ this date, lhe Caun 
supersedes and replaces the TernporLwy Restraining Order entwed by this Coufl on June 27, 
FOJ yurposcs of this Order onJy, the foIlowing terms s c defined as follows: 
Information Technolow System. Any equipmcnt or interconnected system or 
subsystmi o f equipment [bat IS uscd in the skitomatic acquisition, storage, 
niarripulation, management, movement, control, display, s w i t c b g , irltcrchzge, 
trmsmiss~on, or reception of data or information. including cornputas, ancillw 
equipmat, softw~e, firmwan and similar proctdures, services (including support 
FILED 
L‘S DISTRICT COLXT RIIl9Otr 
U?;I[TED STATES DISTRICT CO CRT 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COL C ~ ~ I B I X 
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Civil Action Number 96-1285 (RCL) 
1 Tndividual Tndian Trust 4ssels. Particular lands, nahml resources, monies, or 
oilier 3s5m he'id ir. trust a: 2 pailiculu time by th: Federal Government for J. 
Tnbe, Alaskzn Ha:ives, or t i a t are or were at 2 particulix time restricted against 
slienatinn, for individusl Indkns. 
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7 4. - MsuaxgnLea Actions that coritrol, ,oov~m, xhinister, supervise, or rcplate the 
use or disposition ofhdividual Indian Trust Asscrs. 
FederaI Record. This tcrm is defined in 44 U.S.C. 6 3301, and includes all 
dcrcumentv materials, reSmIltss of physcal l o r n or charactctistics, made or 
received under Fcdcral Inw OT in :ransaction of public hsincss and przsmed or 
XIC appropnak for preservalion as evidence of the orpization, functions, 
policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities or because of the 
iriftnnational value of thc d3tc in thcm, 
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I. 5 Jndividual Indian Trust Data. Infomation stored ;ri any InToiiiiarion 
Technology Sysiem thai &\5;idmces, embodies, refers toj or r c k e s to - directly or 
indirectly and generaIly or specifically- a Feder:~] Record that rcnects the 
eximncc of individual Indizn T i u t PLSSC~S, and that tither (I) was ujcd in the 
Management al'hdividual Indian Tmst Assets, (2) is a title or ownership rzcord, 
(3 j reflects the collection and/or disbursement of incorn:: from IndividuaI Indian 
Trust Assets, (4) reflects a communjcarion with a beneficiq (hdividual or 
Tribe), or 1.5:) was (a) mated for the Bureau ofhdian Affairs (BLA), Ofict: of the 
Special Trustee (CJST), or for 3 Tribe to tisc in the Management oflndividual 
Indian Trust Assets; @I) provided 10 EM, OST. or to a Tribe for use in the 
nisllagcmcnt of Individual indian Trust Assets; and (c) used by the bureau or 
7 .. agcncy that created the record to manage IndivklwJ hidim Trust Assets. 
(5. House. T;?e storagc by eiectronic incans of Ldividual hdim Tmst Dxa. 
Access. The abilitj. ro gain electronic cntry iEto lnformation'Tec1~nolog)i Systems. 
Reconnected Systems. All Inionnation Tech,nology Systems that have been 
recoimected to the hterner under the pro~ocols developed in conjunction wirh the 
Dcccmbtr 17. 2301 Consent Order Repcling hfom~ation Tzchn~lopy. 
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B. SKbstantive Provisions 
L.1 accordance with the foregoing, if is hereby ORDFWD tha:: 
I . Tk Interior dcIer?.dar.ts shall irnmediarely J.i.scozmect from the hterner all 
Infomation Tccholclgy Systems wiLlin the cLutody or control of the C.S. 
Depamcnt of tht Inmior, md iu, en:ployees. agmts, and concactors, thn House 
or Access hdividual iiidiaa Trust Dsta. until such time P.S the Court approves :heir 
reconnection to the Tntemct, w j ~ h the followinn wo tfcqxionc: 
('3) hnedrate discmimion shall be rrquired for wch specifically 
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identified hfomation Tcchnolosy Syslern and computer that ihe 
h m i o l - defendants crnify, within tcn (1 0) clays of the date of enny 
of this Order, 10 be essenrkl for protection ngaind fires or other 
threats to life or property, ;ind providc 3 specific justification in 
support thereof, in accordance with Rule 1 1 of the Federal Rules of 
Civil Procedure. 
immediate diSconnccti6n shalI not be required for each specific;talIy fb) 
i.dentiEcd RCCOMeCtcd Syslem that the 1.nnre~or defendants ccrtify, 
3 ivirhin tilieen (15) days of thc date of entry of this Order, nnd in 
accordance v,iih Rule 11 of the FrderaI Rules of Cii’iI Procedure, 
that the Inlenor Deparhnent currcntiy beiisves eillier ( I 1 does not 
l-louse 01: Access to Ln&vidud Indian Trust Dara, and provide 3 
spccific justification thereof, (2) is swuc %om Internet access 
by authorized users, and provide 9 spccilic justification in suppod 
System H o ~ s e s or provides Access 10. 
in secriori €3.1 (b). 
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thcrtof, staring in specific terms tlic socuriry meastires lhat are 
presently in place to protect unautfiorized hienter access to thz 
Iiidividual h d i a n Trust Data thnt h e Information Technology 
Within thirty- (30) dsp of the date of cntry of this Order, plantiffs may file with 
thc Cotm their response t o ?he reprsscntations made in the certifications described 
Within thirty (30) days ofthe date or entry of lhis Order, the htcrior defendants 
shall file with the C o r n a proposal :erring forth a melhod of ipproL-ing individuaI 
r ~ c o n n e c t i ~ i i s of disconnected Intcrior computer systems, and of determining 
whether the Reconnected Systcms should stay reconnected. The proposal should 
demonstrate a merhod of pmviding to ihc Court. adcquatc cviclenre [hat he 
Reconnected Systems and the Information Teclmology Systems discoJmected 
pursuanr 10 this Order are secure agzhst Internet access by Ltnauthoi ze d users, 
and provide a meax to verifi the rcprescntation IhaI the Reconnected Systems 
and the Infomation Technolog Systcms disconnected pursuant to rhis Order are 
- sec~ue against lnternct acccss by mauurhonzed users;. 
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SO ORDERED. 
Within ten (10) d:iys thcrcafier, plainhfk may commcnt oil 111~' Inttr;or 
dcfend ants ' prop o 6 ed proc edurcs . 
Tfic Coun will decide on the record beforc ir uhlher a Reconnected System shall 
rc:tIaili culmcvtcd l o the fnlemct, a i d ~ 1 1 1 decide all f u m e appJications for 
rec onnec tion. 
The Consent Ordcr Regarding Iiifonnation Technology, which is dated December 
17, 2001, is nercby stayed: effeciivc immediritely. 
United Smta Dismct Judge 
5 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
I declare under penalty of perjury that, on September 25,2003 I served the foregoing 
Notice of Appeal by facsimile in accordance with their written request of October 3 1 , 2001 upon: 
Keith Harper, Esq. 
Native American Rights Fund 
1712 N Street, N.W. 
Washington, D.C. 20036-2976 
(202) 822-0068 
By Facsimile and U.S. Mail upon: 
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Alan L. Balaran, Esq. 
Special Master 
171 7 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 13th Floor 
Washington, D.C. 20006 
(202) 986-8477 
Per the Court’s Order of April 17,2003, 
by Facsimile and by U.S. Mail upon: 
Earl Old Person (Pro se) 
Blackfeet Tribe 
P.O. Box 850 
Browning, MT 5941 7 
(406) 338-7530 
By U.S. Mail upon: 
Elliott Levitas, Esq 
11 00 Peachtree Street, Suite 2800 
Atlanta, GA 30309-4530 
Dennis M Gingold, Esq. 
Mark Kester Brown, Esq. 
607 - 14th Street, NW, Box 6 
Washington, D.C. 20005 
(202) 3 18-2372