Lack Of Final Agency Action Dooms Breach Of Trust Claim Against Agency

Mealey's (July 2, 2018, 1:22 PM EDT) -- PRESCOTT, Ariz. — A Navajo woman cannot pursue a claim that the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation breached its duty of care by failing to notify her of the deadline to apply for relocation benefits because the agency never issued a final ruling on the issue, an Arizona federal judge decided June 28 (Veronica Torpey v. Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation, No. 3:17-cv-08184, D. Ariz., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 108235)....