
    MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dennis STACH; Workers Compensation Appeals Board, for the State of California; Frederick P. Popanda, Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 97-55338.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Oct. 7, 1998.
    
    Decided Oct. 21, 1998.
    Barbara E. Karshmer, Richard A. Cross, and John R. Shordike, Alexander & Karsh-mer, Berkeley, California, for plaintiff-appellant Morongo Band of Mission Indians.
    Thomas J. McBimie, Department of Industrial Relations, Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board.
    Jacqueline Schauer, John Plotz, M.C. Rudy, and Richard J. Rosa of Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Workers’ Compensations, San Francisco, California, for defendant-appellee Dennis Stach.
    
      Before: BRUNETTI, FERNANDEZ, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.
    
      
      . The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. Fed. R.App.P. 34(a) and Ninth Circuit Rule 34-4.
    
   IT IS ORDERED that this action be dismissed as moot. Accordingly, we vacate the judgment below and remand for dismissal. See United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36, 39-40, 71 S.Ct. 104, 95 L.Ed. 36 (1950).

VACATED AND REMANDED.  