Magistrate Judge: Tribal Court Has Sovereign Immunity From Civil Rights Claims

(December 14, 2023, 9:15 AM EST) -- MOSCOW, Idaho — The Nez Perce Tribal Court is entitled to sovereign immunity from claims brought by a man who argued that he was twice deprived of a fair trial because the Tribal Court is an extension of the Nex Perce Tribe, an Idaho federal magistrate judge found in granting the Tribal Court’s motion to dismiss....