California Tribe Says Injury Suit Against Casino Belongs In Tribal Court

(May 28, 2019, 2:46 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California Native American tribe on May 24 removed a state court personal injury action to federal court based on subject matter jurisdiction and the tribe’s Patron Tort Claims Ordinance, under which the tribe waives its sovereign immunity to tort claims, but only so they can be decided in tribal court (Georgia Micheau v. Harrah’s Resort Southern California, et al., No. 3:19-cv-00980, S.D. Calif.)....