Judge Stays Case While Bureau Of Indian Affairs Reviews Election Results

Mealey's (January 30, 2018, 1:09 PM EST) -- SEATTLE — A Washington federal judge on Jan. 29 extended a stay of a lawsuit filed by Native Americans battling their disenrollment from the Nooksack Indian Tribe until the federal government can decide whether the tribe’s latest disputed election of tribal officers was proper (Margretty Rabang, et al. v. Robert Kelly, Jr., et al., No. 17-0088, W.D. Wash., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 216262)....