Barker-Hatch v. Viejas Group Baron Long Capitan Grande Band of Digueno Mission Indians of Viejas Group Reservation

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

MOSKOWITZ, District Judge.

Defendant, the Viejas Group Baron Long Capitan Grande Band of Digueno Mission Indians of the Viejas Group Reservation (“Viejas Group”), moves to dismiss plaintiffs’ suit for damages sustained when Jacquelin Barker-Hatch slipped and fell on a wet walkway on defendant’s property. Defendant argues that, as a federally-recognized Indian tribe, it is immune from suit under the doctrine of sovereign immunity. For the reasons expressed below, the Court need not reach the issue of sovereign immunity because it lacks subject matter…