Michigan Federal Judge Adopts Recommendation, Dismisses Claims Against Tribal Judge

( November 14, 2023, 11:16 AM EST) -- MARQUETTE, Mich. — A Michigan federal judge adopted a report and recommendation in which a magistrate judge found that claims of due process and equal protection violations brought by a tribal lay advocate against a tribal judge and an attorney for allegedly conspiring against the advocate by not providing him notice of a tribal court hearing fail because the tribal judge has immunity and the attorney is not a state actor....