Federal Judge Declines To Halt CARES Act Payments Over Tribe’s Lawsuit

Mealey's (June 15, 2020, 1:56 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on June  11 denied an Indian tribe’s request to stop the Treasury Department from sending the remaining $3.2 billion in novel coronavirus pandemic relief funding to tribes until its suit challenging the first round of funding is decided, saying the tribe will probably not succeed on its claims, and holding off on disbursing the relief money would be unfair (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation v. Steven T. Mnuchin, No. 1:20-cv-01491, D. D.C.)....