No. 19-971
Angela James, et al. v. JW Gaming Development, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company
Response Waived
Tags: civil-rights congress federal-courts individual-liability legal-standing official-capacity sovereign-immunity state-courts tribal-governance tribal-sovereignty
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference:
2020-03-06
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether an Indian tribe's governing body can be stripped of its sovereign immunity from suit for actions taken by its members in their official capacities
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether an Indian tribe’s governing body can be stripped of its sovereign immunity from suit for actions taken by its members in their official capacities, as long as a plaintiff merely names the members individually and those officials will be bound by any judgment entered.
Docket Entries
2020-03-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020.
2020-02-03
Waiver of right of respondent JW Gaming Development, LLC to respond filed.
2020-01-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 4, 2020)
2019-12-27
Application (19A714) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until January 30, 2020.
2019-12-20
Application (19A714) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 31, 2019 to January 30, 2020, submitted to Justice Kagan.
Attorneys
JW Gaming Development, LLC
Gregory M. Narvaez — Fredericks Peebles & Patterson, LLP, Respondent
Pinoleville Pomo Nation, et al.
Rudolph Edward Verner — Berg Hill Greenleaf & Ruscitti LLP, Petitioner