Tribal Police Jurisdiction Ruling Unremarkable, Criminal Defendant Tells High Court

Mealey's (October 16, 2020, 1:22 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A man facing federal drug charges tells the U.S. Supreme Court in an Oct. 15 response requested by the court that certiorari is not warranted for a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling limiting an Indian police officer’s jurisdiction in his case because the decision does not conflict with high court rulings and is not in “serious tension” with various state courts decisions, as the government argued (United States v. Joshua James Cooley, No. 19-1414, U.S. Sup.)....