( July 16, 2025, 9:28 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals denied a petition for rehearing en banc filed by the state of Alaska after a panel of the court affirmed a federal district court ruling that the Federal Subsistence Board had the authority to allow an emergency subsistence hunt by a tribal village on federal public lands in Alaska when the COVID-19 pandemic had significantly degraded the village’s food supply chains....