Williams v. Big Picture Loans, LLC

Robert E. Payne, Senior United States District Judge

This matter is before the Court on DEFENDANTS BIG PICTURE LOANS

*253AND ASCENSION TECHNOLOGIES' MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION (ECF No. 22). Big Picture Loans, LLC ("Big Picture") and Ascension Technologies, Inc. ("Ascension") argue that the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over all claims asserted against them because they qualify as arms of the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians ("the Tribe") and are thereby entitled to tribal sovereign immunity. For the reasons set forth below, the motion…