Turner v. Martire
California Court of Appeal
[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RICHLI, J.
Plaintiffs Reginald Turner and Steve Guzman appeal from an order quashing service and dismissing their tort action against defendants Jeffrey Martire, Michael Turner, and Robert Mezzie. The principal issue is whether the trial court correctly ruled that defendants, as law enforcement officers of an Indian tribe, were protected by the tribe’s sovereign immunity against liability for allegedly assaulting and improperly detaining plaintiffs.
As we will discuss, tribal immunity has been extended to tribal officials who act in their official capacity and within the scope of their…
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