Quechan Wins $8M+ FTCA Judgment for Negligent Destruction of Cultural Property

Here are materials in Quechan Indian Tribe v. United States (S.D. Cal.):

405 Tribe Damages Brief

405-1 Meyer Dec

405-2 Meyer Dec Exh A

405-3 Somerville Dec

Dkt 407 Judgment

Doc 404 Findings Conclusion and Order

Prior post here.

Federal Government Liable for Ruination of Fort Yuma Indian Reservation Sacred Site

Here are the orders in Quechan Tribe v. United States (S.D. Cal.):

Doc 215_SJ ORDER 011008

282 Quechan Memorandum of Facts and Law

283 US Memorandum of Facts and Law

290 Quehan Pretrial Memorandum

291 US Pretrial Memorandum

Doc 319 Findings of Fact Conclusions of Law Order 093014

Quechan Tribe Claim re: Indian Hospital Services Fails

Here is the opinion: Quechan v US — IHS Claim

An excerpt:

This is an action brought by the Quechan Indian Tribe against the United States seeking a declaration that the United States has a duty to operate its medical facilities and practices at a level that meets or exceeds a minimum generally accepted standard of care, and that the United States has breached that duty. Plaintiff also seeks equitable relief requiring defendants to ensure its medical services at the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation do not fall below the minimum standard of care.

Quechan Tribe v. United States — Demand for Reservation Health Care

Here is the complaint: Quechan Complaint.

An excerpt:

Plaintiff Quechan Indian Tribe (“Tribe”), in its own capacity and as parens patriae on behalf of its members, seeks a declaratory judgment that the United States of America, acting through the Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health Service (“IHS“), and the IHS Fort Yuma Service Unit (“United States”) is in breach of its statutory obligation and special trust responsibility to provide the Tribe and its members within the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation (“Reservation”) with health care facilities and services that meet generally accepted, appropriate, and best available standards of care.