BLUE LAKE RANCHERIA v. LANIER

No. 2:11-cv-01124-JAM-JFM.

106 F.Supp.3d 1134 (2015)

BLUE LAKE RANCHERIA, a federally-recognized Indian Tribe; Blue Lake Rancheria Economic Development Corporation, a federally-charted tribal corporation; and Mainstay Business Solutions, a federally-authorized division of Blue Lake Rancheria Economic Development Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. David LANIER, in his official capacity as Secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency; Patrick W. Henning, Jr., in his official capacity as Director of the Employment Development Department of the State of California ("EDD"), Pam Harris, individually and in her official capacity as Chief Deputy Director of the EDD, Jack Budmark, individually and in his official capacity as Deputy Director of the Tax Branch of the EDD; Talbott Smith, individually and in his capacity as a Deputy Director of the Unemployment Branch of the EDD; Kathy Dunne, individually and in her official capacity as a Senior Tax Compliance Representative of the EDD; Sarah Reece, individually and in her official capacity as an Authorized Representative of the EDD, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

Filed May 13, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Chase , Robert R. Rubin , Boutin Jones Inc., Sacramento, CA, David Joseph Rapport , Law Offices of Rapport & Marston, Ukiah, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Jennifer T. Henderson , Department of Justice, Sacramento, CA, Jill Bowers , Steven J. Green , Attorney General of California, Sacramento, CA, for Defendants.


ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Blue Lake Rancheria ("Plaintiff" or "the Tribe") alleges that the California Employment Development Department ("EDD") violated its tribal sovereign immunity by attaching liens on tribal assets. Plaintiff now moves for summary judgment. Although discovery...

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