In the Matter of: Jennifer Johnson

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• holding that the Indian Mineral Leasing Act does not give the Secretary sufficient specific responsibilities to support Indian Tucker Act jurisdiction
• holding that, in determining the scope of trust responsibilities, “the analysis must train on specific rights-creating or duty-imposing statutory or regulatory prescriptions”
• explaining that the Department of the Interior’s approval is necessary before the leases become effective
• holding that the Indian Mineral Leasing Act and relevant regulations, which do not contain \elaborate\ provisions nor assign a comprehensive managerial role to the Government, do not imply any fiduciary obligations, even when the statutes impose one or more specific obligations
• explaining that the Depart- ment of the Interior's approval is necessary before the leases become effective
• stating that, in order to state a claim, a plaintiff must allege that the government has “failed faithfully to perform [fiduciary] duties”

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