Federal Judge Dismisses Tribal Rights Action Against Nicaragua

Mealey's (October 10, 2017, 2:08 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A woman who says she is the matriarch of a Native American ethnic group again lost her bid to hold the Republic of Nicaragua accountable for allegedly expropriating the group’s land and property when a California federal judge dismissed her amended complaint Oct. 6 for failing to state a valid claim (Josephenie Robertson v. The Republic of Nicaragua, et al., No. 17-cv-00852, N.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 166380)....