Barber v. Navajo Housing Authority

*13 OPINION

The appellants in two cases sued Navajo Nation entities. In both cases, the appellants filed a notice of intent to sue stating the information required by 1 N.N.C. § 555(A)(2) is set forth in the attached complaint. The appellants’ claims were subsequently dismissed for lack of jurisdiction under the Navajo Sovereign Immunity Act (“the Act”) because they had failed to include the nature of their claims and relief sought in the notice itself as required under 1 N.N.C. § 555(A)(2). We affirm the lower court’s dismissals.

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On May 10, 2012, the Window Rock District Court dismissed and…