November 02, 2015
A local bank asked a California federal judge Monday to dismiss it from a suit alleging an embezzlement conspiracy by former tribal leaders of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians, saying the bank had no obligation to police the activities of its customers.
October 15, 2015
A California federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a bid for interlocutory appeal of an August ruling against former leaders of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians accused of running an embezzlement scheme, saying they failed to make clear the tribal law issues they claimed the federal courts cannot decide.
September 22, 2015
Former officials and employees of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians urged a California federal judge Monday to allow them to appeal his refusal to dismiss the tribe's suit accusing them of running a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme, arguing that federal courts can't rule in cases involving underlying disputes within a tribe.
September 08, 2015
A tribe urged a California federal judge Tuesday to deny a bid by former tribal officials and employees accused of running a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme to delay answering the tribe's complaint, saying that the defendants' decision to switch counsel isn't a good enough reason to grant their request.
August 17, 2015
A California federal judge on Friday rejected a bid by the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians to freeze the assets of the former tribal officials it accuses of running a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme, saying the tribe had failed to justify the move.
August 14, 2015
A California federal judge on Thursday tossed claims targeting Umpqua Bank, Associated Pension Consultants Inc. and other companies as part of a suit alleging former officials of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians ran a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme.
July 21, 2015
The Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians urged a California federal court Monday to freeze the assets of the former tribal officials whom it accuses of running a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme, arguing they had demonstrated they were apt to dissipate money pilfered from tribal accounts.
July 14, 2015
Former officials of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians accused of running a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme, in a suit also targeting two banks, told a California federal court Monday that it lacked jurisdiction over what were essentially tribal law claims.
July 10, 2015
A California federal judge on Thursday rejected former Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians officials' bid to stay a lawsuit accusing them of a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme, finding a lack of evidence to support arguments in favor of arbitration.
June 22, 2015
Former officials of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians accused by the tribe of a multimillion-dollar embezzlement scheme told a California federal judge on Monday that it doesn't matter whether employment agreements requiring arbitration of the dispute were forged because forged documents can still be ratified.