Tribe:  Cert Not Warranted For Ruling That Traffic Stop Site Is Part Of Reservation

Mealey's (January 31, 2020, 8:37 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — With no conflicts among the top courts on the issues and no issue of exceptional importance presented, U.S. Supreme Court guidance is not needed for a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals holding that a small section of California land where an Indian tribe says the local police are illegally ticketing and targeting Indian drivers is part of the tribe’s reservation, the tribe and several members say in a Jan. 30 response to a petition for certiorari (John McMahon, et al. v. Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, et al., No. 19-820, U.S. Sup.)....