Judge Dismisses Former Tribal CFO’s Suit Over Tribes’ Mismanagement Claims

Mealey's (May 14, 2020, 1:16 PM EDT) -- RENO, Nev. — With official misconduct claims against an Indian tribe’s former chief financial officer (CFO) pending in tribal court, the CFO cannot pursue declaratory relief against the tribe in federal court because he hasn’t exhausted his tribal remedies yet, a federal judge in Nevada ruled May 11 (Peter J. Magee, et al. v. Shoshone Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, et al., No. 3:19-cv-00697, D. Nev., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83856)....