Federal Judge Dismisses Tribe's CARES Act Funding Suit As Nonreviewable

Mealey's (September 14, 2020, 1:01 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on Sept. 10 dismissed an Indian tribe's challenge to the federal government's partial disbursement of novel coronavirus pandemic tribal relief funding based on housing statistics, finding that the way the government allocated the money among tribes is not judicially reviewable (Shawnee Tribe v. Steven T. Mnuchin, et al., No. 20-1999, D. D.C., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 165490)....