Judicial News

TRIBAL CONSULTATION ANNOUNCEMENT: DOJ Consultation on the Tribal Set-Aside from the Crime Victims Fund for FY 21

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) invites you to participate in a Consultation on the Tribal Set-Aside from the Crime Victims Fund for Fiscal Year 2021. This Consultation will focus on soliciting your input about how OVC should expend Tribal Victim Service Set-Aside funds remaining …

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DC Circuit Denies Petition to Rehear a Decision that IHS wasn’t Required to Cover CSC Costs for Services Paid for by Insurers

Source: Law360 The D.C. Circuit has refused the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community’s bid to have the full court rehear a panel’s decision that the Indian Health Service wasn’t required to cover contract support costs for services paid for by insurers under the tribe’s health care contract. The tribe, located in Washington state, had asked the …

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Class Action Settlement Brings $59 Million to Descendants of the Pembina Band of Chippewa Indians

WASHINGTON — A $59 million settlement in Peltier v. Haaland, a class action lawsuit alleging trust fund mismanagement and failure to account by the Department of the Interior, will go to four tribes located in the Midwest and Northwest United States and more than 39,000 beneficiaries. On June 10, the United States District Court for the …

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