Sainz
Sainz v. Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Rincon Reservation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 REENA SAIZ, Case No. 24-cv-00905-BAS-MSB
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. STAY (ECF No. 7)
RINCON BAND OF LUISENO
MISSION INDIANS OF THE RINCON
15 RESERVATION, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Reena Saiz’s Motion to Stay Proceedings Pending Exhaustion of Tribal Remedies (“Motion”). (ECF No. 7.) Ms. Saiz filed this action on May 23, 2024, asserting claims of negligence and premises liability arising from an alleged slip-and-fall incident at Harrah’s Resort Southern California on June 18, 2022. (Compl. ¶¶ 1, 20; ECF No. 1.) Prior to initiating this action, she filed a similar lawsuit in the Rincon Tribal Court on May 15, 2024. (Mot. at 3:24–25.) Ms. Saiz now moves to stay the proceedings in this instant action pending exhaustion of tribal remedies. (Id. at 2:7– 12.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s Motion and STAYS this action pending exhaustion…