Deardorff v. Lummi Indian Nation

95 F.3d 1157 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Victoria J. DEARDORFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LUMMI INDIAN NATION; Henry Cagey; Randy Kinley; Larry Priest; William Jones; Verne Johnson, Sr.; Merle Jefferson; Richard Jefferson; Edward Jones; Angelo Jefferson; Dean Williams, individually and as members of the Business Council, Defendants-Appellees. No. 95-35735. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Aug. 5, 1996. * Decided Aug. 8, 1996. Before: WRIGHT, BEEZER and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Deardorff contends that the district court erred when it dismissed her case for failure to exhaust her tribal remedies. We affirm based on the district court's lack of subject matter jurisdiction. 3 * Deardorff, an enrolled member of the Lummi Indian Nation and elected member of the Lummi Indian Business Council (LIBC), was charged with criminal assault and disturbing the peace because of an allegedly drunken assault on two fellow…