( February 26, 2020, 7:30 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D. C. — With a conflict among several high authorities, U. S. Supreme Court guidance is obviously warranted for a Ninth Circuit U. S. Court of Appeals holding that a small section of California land where an Indian tribe says the local police are illegally ticketing and targeting Indian drivers is part of the tribe’s reservation, a sheriff and deputy sheriff say in a Feb. 19 reply brief (John McMahon, et al. v. Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, et al. , No. 19-820, U. S. Sup. ). . . .