(August 18, 2017, 12:20 PM EDT) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico federal judge on Aug. 15 allowed a Native American prisoner who is challenging his tribal court drunken driving conviction to amend his petition for a writ of habeas corpus to add a tribal official as a respondent, finding that although federal law is silent on who the proper respondent is in such an action, the claim must be pursued against someone who can provide the ultimate relief sought — release from jail (Truman Talk v. Southern Ute Detention Center, No. 1:17-cv-00669, D. N.M., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 129915)....