( April 15, 2024, 1:12 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Supreme Court on April 15 denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by a citizen group that asked whether the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in affirming a trial court judgment dismissing the group’s challenge to a Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) decision to approve the construction of a casino on land held in trust for the Ione Band of Miwok Indians in California....