Mealey's (December 15, 2016, 2:03 PM EST) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Challengers to an Indian casino in California cannot pursue a claim against the federal government that it violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when it approved the tribe’s gaming ordinance because the government had not yet granted approval when the challengers asserted the claim, a federal judge ruled Dec. 13 (Jamul Action Committee, et al. v. Jonodev Chaudhuri, et al., No. 2:13-cv-01920, E.D. Calif.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 172280)....