Legal Opinion
Whitebird v. Kickapoo Housing Authority
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided November 20, 1990No. Civ. A. 90-4043-SPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SAFFELS, District Judge.
This matter is before the court on defendants’ motion to dismiss for lack of personal and subject matter jurisdiction and on the basis of tribal sovereign immunity. In this action, plaintiff alleges that a letter sent by defendant, Diana Mariscal, Executive Director of Defendant Kickapoo Housing Authority, to plaintiff’s employer, informing the employer that plaintiff was behind on her housing payments and requesting the employer’s assistance in collecting those payments, violated federal law, i.e., the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a.…
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