Mealey's (March 15, 2019, 11:13 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California tribal court has jurisdiction to hear fraud claims against the former tribal administrator, who is not a member of the tribe, due to the tribe’s “inherent sovereign power” and its regulatory authority, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held March 13 (Duanna Knighton v. Cedarville Rancheria of Northern Paiute Indians, et al., No. 17-15515, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 7366)....