Legal Opinion
Loncassion v. Leekity
District Court, D. New Mexico
Decided November 16, 1971No. Civ. 8793PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
BRATTON, District Judge.
This is a civil rights action in which two members of the Pueblo of Zuni seek damages from a tribal police officer and the Pueblo itself. The defendants raise three affirmative defenses: (1) lack of subject matter jurisdiction, (2) failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, and (3) sovereign immunity of the Pueblo of Zuni.
The complaint alleges that on January 17, 1970 at about 1:30 A.M. the defendant tribal policeman, Willis Leekity, arrested plaintiff Terry Loncassion for being drunk. Loncassion attempted to escape from custody,…
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