9th Circuit Lets Stand Ruling That Traffic Stop Site Is Part Of Reservation

Mealey's (October 1, 2019, 12:23 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 27 declined to revisit its decision that a small section of California land where a Native American tribe says the local police are illegally ticketing and targeting Indian drivers is part of the tribe’s reservation, so the officers lack jurisdiction to enforce the state’s traffic laws there (Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, et al. v. John McMahon, et al., No. 17-56791, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 29291)....