Mealey's ( August 21, 2017, 12:48 PM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A challenge by a casino-operating California Indian tribe to actions by the federal government approving casino gaming for a nearby tribe fails because most of the challenging tribe’s claims were already decided in a similar lawsuit, a California federal judge ruled Aug. 17 in granting summary judgment to the government (Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi Indians v. United States Department of the Interior, et al., No. 1:16-cv-00950, E.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 132757)....