GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) _ The Menominee tribe claims in a new lawsuit that the U.S. Department of the Interior improperly changed the rules for approving its proposed off-reservation casino at Dairyland Greyhound Park in Kenosha.

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Green Bay asks that a judge halt the review process for the casino and issue a temporary restraining order and then an injunction to prevent an illegal rejection of the proposal.

The Keshena-based tribe asked last month that the Interior Department temporarily suspend the review of the proposal and postpone it until the next administration takes office, but the request was denied.

Named in the lawsuit as defendants are the Department of the Interior and its secretary, Dirk Kempthorne. The tribe contends he changed policies because he opposes the off-reservation casinos, and he was about to reject the Menominee proposal.