Tribal Officers And Judges Are Entitled To Immunity In Dispute Over Child Custody

( November 2, 2023, 1:16 PM EDT) -- SPOKANE, Wash. — Members of the Yakama Nation Tribal Council and several Yakama Nation judges are entitled to either sovereign immunity or absolute immunity from claims brought by a man who alleged that his rights were violated by the individuals after a tribal judge granted custody of his children to his partner, a Washington federal judge ruled in granting the members and judges’ motion to dismiss....