OLYMPIA, Wash. – The Washington State Supreme Court has temporarily halted a handful of evictions that were set to take place on Nooksack Tribal land.
On Tuesday, June 7th, a panel of justices granted an injunction requiring the Nooksack Indian Tribe to put the evictions on hold while the high court determines whether to take up the case.
The households of dozens involved in the lawsuit are part of a group of more than 300 people who were formally removed from the Nooksack Indian Tribe in 2016 and 2018.
Those houses were built with money from the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development and many of the residents facing eviction are older or disabled.
In a statement, the Tribe said it is confident the high court will dismiss the case.
