A federal judge has ordered that a 68-acre parcel of land for the Koi Nation of Northern California be stripped of its trust status, shutting a door on the tribe’s four-year quest to develop a major casino in a Sonoma County neighborhood bordering the town of Windsor.
The Sept. 22 ruling, which finalizes a determination made by the same judge earlier in the month, was a significant legal victory for the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, whose fight against a potential rival for in the gaming business — roughly 11 miles north of their own Graton Resort & Casino near Rohnert Park, the Bay Area’s largest gaming complex — had escalated in the past year.
