Roger French v. Karla Starr

MEMORANDUM ***

Plaintiff Roger French appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants, who are members of the Tribal Court and Tribal Council of the Colorado River Indian Tribes (“CRIT”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm. 1

French argues CRIT lacked jurisdiction to adjudicate eviction proceedings relating to his leasehold (“the Permit”) on the California side of the Colorado River (the “Western Boundary lands”) because French’s lot is not part of the Colorado River Indian Reservation. Both the Permit and the assignment of that,. Permit to…