United States Court of Appeals 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT 
September Term, 2003 
96~~01285 
NO. 03-5314 
Elouise Pepion Cobell, et al., 
Appellees 
V. 
Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the Interior, et al., 
Appellants 
Filed On: April 21,2004 [817546] 
BEFORE: Ginsburg, Chief Judge, and Edwards, Sentelle, 
Henderson, Randolph, Rogers, Tatel, Garland, 
and Roberts,* Circuit Judges 
O R D E R 
Upon consideration of the motion for en banc consideration of the motion for 
reconsideration of the court’s stay order filed January 28, 2004, it is 
ORDERED that the motion for en banc consideration be denied. See. e.q., Fed. R. 
App. P. 35(a) (stating that en banc consideration “is not favored and ordinarily will not be 
ordered unless: (1) [it] is necessary to secure or maintain uniformity of the court’s 
decisions; or (2) the proceeding involves a question of exceptional importance”). 
Per Curiam 
BY: 
FOR THE COURT: 
Mark J. Langer, Clerk 
* Circuit Judge Roberts did not participate in this matter. United States Court o f Appeals 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT 
NO. 03-5314 September Term, 2003 
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