Indian Police Jurisdiction Ruling Proper, Suspect Tells High Court

Mealey's (February 19, 2021, 12:19 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals correctly limited the jurisdiction of Indian police officers to detain non-Indian suspects because “inherent tribal sovereignty does not include police power over non-Indians on a right-of-way,” the criminal suspect who was detained in the case says in a Feb. 12 response brief seeking affirmance by the U.S. Supreme Court....