Kent T. Hutke Fields v. Department of Children and Family Services

Case 2:22-cv-00396-FLA-JPR Document Filed 02/01/ Page 1 of Page ID #:149

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2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THE NATCHEZ NATION, Case No. 2:22-cv-00396-FLA (JPR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER SUMMARILY DISMISSING

v. COMPLAINT WITHOUT PREJUDICE

DEP’T OF CHILDREN & FAMILY

15 SERVS., et al.,

16 Defendants.

18 19 RULING On January 18, 2022, Kent T. Hutke Fields, “Principal Chief of the Natchez Tribe,” filed pro se a lawsuit on behalf of “The Natchez Nation, a Band of the Federally Recognized Muscogee (Creek) Nation.” Dkt. 1-1 (“Compl.”) at 1. He purports to sue various entities and people under the Indian Child Welfare Act over child-custody proceedings that have taken place in state juvenile court. See, e.g., id. at 8. He requests a preliminary injunction “preventing the Defendants from continuing unmonitored visits between minors R.L. and S.L., with the abuser/adoptive mother.” 28 1 Case…