ORDER

LARRY R. HICKS, District Judge.

Before the court are the parties' recent status reports concerning the dismissal of the underlying tribal litigation. ECF Nos. 75, 76, 77. The parties have reported to the court that defendant Sandra-Mae Pickens, the Tribal Judge for the Yerington Paiute Tribal Court, dismissed the underlying tribal litigation filed by defendant Yerington Paiute Tribe which was the sole basis for plaintiff's present complaint.

The court has reviewed the parties' status reports and finds that the dismissal of the underlying tribal litigation moots the present action because plaintiffs' only requested relief in the present complaint is for dismissal of the tribal litigation. However, the court disagrees with plaintiffs' contention that dismissal of the tribal litigation does not moot the present action under the voluntary cessation exception to the mootness doctrine. Instead, the court agrees with defendants that because the Yerington Paiute Tribe did not voluntarily withdraw its complaint in the Tribal Court as it was dismissed by the Tribal Judge, the voluntary cessation doctrine does not apply. Further, the court finds that even though that dismissal in Tribal Court was without prejudice, plaintiffs have failed to show any indication by the Tribe that it will refile the tribal litigation or that such tribal litigation would then not be dismissed by the Tribal Judge. Therefore, the court finds that dismissal of the tribal litigation moots the present action. Accordingly, the court shall dismiss plaintiffs' amended complaint (ECF No. 37) and the parties' remaining pending motions (ECF Nos. 38, 41, 51, 53).

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that plaintiffs' amended complaint (ECF No. 37) is DISMISSED as moot.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties' pending motions (ECF Nos. 38, 41, 51, 53) are DENIED as moot.

IT IS SO ORDERED.