E.F.W. v. St. Stephen's Indian High School

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that tribal social services agency enjoyed tribal sovereign immunity
• affirming dismissal of a § 1983 claim because the defendants acted under color of tribal law
• applying tribal sovereign immunity to a social services employee and his supervisor
• “It is settled that a waiver of sovereign immunity cannot be implied but must be unequivocally expressed.” (quotation omitted)
• “[tfribal sovereign immunity is a matter of subject matter jurisdiction, which may be challenged by a motion to dismiss under Fed.R. Civ.R 12(b)(1)” (citation omitted)
• “Tribal sovereign immunity is a matter of subject matter jurisdiction, which may be challenged by a motion to dismiss under [Rule] 12(b)(1)”

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