Barton v. Navajo Nation Ethics & Rules Office ex rel. Harrison

Opinion delivered by

FERGUSON, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a decision by the Ethics and Rules Committee of the Navajo Nation Ethics and Rules Office (the Committee) finding Appellant Margie Barton (Barton) in violation of the Ethics in Government Law.1 Decisions entered by the Committee are appealed to this Court pursuant to i NNC § 3771 (A), which grants this Court jurisdiction to hear appeals from final decisions limited to questions of law.

On October 22, 2001, the Committee imposed sanctions as follows: Barton shall be terminated from employment with the Navajo Nation Regional…