Crosby

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PASKENTA BAND OF NOMLAKI No. 2:15-cv-00538-MCE-DMC INDIANS; and PASKENTA ENTERPRISES CORPORATION, Plaintiffs, ORDER v. INES CROSBY; et al., Defendants. 17 Plaintiff Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians (the “Tribe”) together with Plaintiff Paskenta Enterprises Corporation (collectively “Plaintiffs”) operate a large for-profit casino located north of Sacramento California. Plaintiffs filed this lawsuit to recoup funds embezzled by casino employees, who were also former tribal officials, for their own use. Those funds were misappropriated from various bank accounts maintained by Plaintiffs, including funds held by Defendants Umpqua Bank and Umpqua Holdings Corporation (“Umpqua”). Plaintiffs allege that Umpqua aided and abetted the misappropriation by failing to monitor transactions made by the embezzling employees, even though those employees were authorized signatories on the accounts in question. Umpqua responded to Plaintiffs’ lawsuit by…