Monestersky v. Hopi Tribe

OPINION AND ORDER

BRIEF STATEMENT OF FACTS

This matter came before the Hopi trial court as an appeal from an order of exclusion issued by the Chairman of the Hopi Tribe (Appellee) pursuant to Hopi Tribal Ordinance 46. The trial court affirmed the Appellee’s administrative decision to exclude Appellant from the Hopi Reservation.

Appellant asserts that Ordinance 46 is unconstitutional. Appellant argues that the decision-making process of her exclusion denied her due process and therefore violated her civil rights.

DISCUSSION

I.The Hopi Appellate Court’s Jurisdiction and Standard of Review.

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