Federal Judge Says Tribe's CARES Act Funding Challenge Not Reviewable

Mealey's (August 21, 2020, 8:50 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge on Aug. 19 rebuffed an Indian tribe's challenge to the federal government's distribution of a portion of coronavirus pandemic tribal relief funding based on housing statistics, finding that the way the government allocated the money among tribes is "not a reviewable agency action" (Shawnee Tribe v. Steven T. Mnuchin, et al., No. 20-1999, D. D.C.)....