United States Court of Appeals United States Court of Appeals 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT 
Judges 
O R D E R 
No. 02-5374 
Elouise Pepion Cobell, et al., 
Appellees 
v. 
Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the Interior, et al., 
Appellants 
Alan Lee Balaran, Special Master and Joseph S. 
Kieffer, III, Special Master-Monitor, 
Appellees 
BEFORE: 
ORDERED that the petition be denied. 
Per Curiam 
BY: 
September Term, 2003 
96cv01285 
Filed On: October 10, 2003 [777858] 
Ginsburg, Chief Judge, and Edwards, Sentelle, Henderson, 
Randolph, Rogers, Tatel, Garland, and Roberts,* Circuit 
Upon consideration of appellees’ petition for rehearing en banc, the response 
thereto, and the absence of a request by any member of the court for a vote, it is 
FOR THE COURT: 
Mark J. Langer, Clerk 
Michael C. McGrail 
Deputy Clerk 
* Circuit Judge Roberts did not participate in this matter.