Tribal Member’s Supreme Court Petition Over Police Jurisdiction Is Denied

Mealey's (March 20, 2023, 11:26 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 20 denied a Native American’s petition for certiorari seeking review of a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals finding that the federal government can use state law to prosecute a tribal member for eluding tribal police on tribal land, which the petitioner said conflicts with high court precedents....