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Plaintiff filed the present complaint on October 22, 1997. After review, the trial court dismissed plaintiff's complaint "for the reason that the issues raised by plaintiff's complaint have previously been determined by a decision of this court which was appealed and confirmed, and for the reason that the issues have previously been determined by an administrative decision on which the statute of limitations has run on the appeal time." R. Vol. 1, Ex. 32.

Despite Plaintiff's attempts to characterize her claim as something other than those in the case decided against her and affirmed on appeal, there is nothing in the record or in her arguments to support that contention. In addition, the trial court generously construed her complaint as an appeal from a decision against her by the Interior Board of Indian Appeals in 1993. As the court's order pointed out, the time for appeal of that decision has long ago passed. Neither the trial court nor this court has jurisdiction to hear such an appeal.

The decision of the trial court is AFFIRMED. Plaintiff's motion to expedite the appeal is not necessary in view of this decision which ends the matter.

Entered for the Court

Monroe G. McKay

Circuit Judge

^*. This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. The court generally disfavors the citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order and judgment may be cited under the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3.

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