Mealey's (October 26, 2021, 1:13 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — On a second trip to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a more than 10-year legal battle over who is the rightful leader of a California Indian tribe, the plaintiff / appellant lost again when a panel of the court on Oct. 20 affirmed dismissal of his case and denial of his counterclaims....