A former tribal official lately filed a lawsuit towards Reno, Nevada’s Grand Sierra Resort and On line casino claiming civil rights and discrimination violations.
Reno, Nevada’s Grand Sierra Resort and On line casino, pictured above. The property was sued by a visitor for alleged discrimination. (Picture: VisitRenoTahoe.com)
Jimmy-John Thompson of Sacramento, Calif., a former chairman of California’s Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, filed the authorized motion in Nevada court docket in Could towards the property.
Thompson was staying on the resort on October 15 to attend a Western Mining Motion Community convention when he detected smoke in an air vent in his Grand Sierra room and referred to as the resort’s entrance desk.
A clerk despatched an worker to take a look at the reported smoke odor. The worker didn’t discover a supply of the smoke odor, however the resort gave Thompson a special room.
Thompson remained anxious concerning the smoke odor, so he notified the Reno Hearth Division. Reno firefighters responded to the resort and later advised Thompson the supply of the smoke was extinguished.
A short while later, two resort safety guards arrived at Thompson’s resort room.
Accused of Arson, Evicted
Safety ordered Thompson to depart the resort and accused him of arson in his former resort room, based on Native Information On-line.
I used to be responsible out of the gate,” Thompson lately advised Native Information On-line. “They [the hotel casino] didn’t wish to hear something from me.”
Additionally, as a result of he suffers from a situation referred to as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) he’s prescribed treatment, certainly one of whose negative effects is involuntary convulsions if Thompson is within the chilly, based on the lawsuit.
Being pressured to sleep in his automotive at 4 a.m., Thompson suffered a number of convulsions, the lawsuit claims.
Thompson additionally missed a deliberate go to to the controversial Thacker Go Lithium mine as a result of incident.
Jimmy-John Thompson was handled so poorly on the Grand Sierra Resort and On line casino with no rational foundation for the therapy he obtained,” Norberto J. Cisneros, Thompson’s Las Vegas-based lawyer, advised Native Information On-line.
“Reporting a possible fireplace … him being accused of arson, after which being evicted from the resort at 4 a.m., having to sleep in his automotive, with no alternative to elucidate or refute himself for attempting to avoid wasting lives,” Cisneros added. “If he was not a Native American, if this was an individual not of shade, he would have by no means skilled this sort of therapy. It’s embarrassing and might hurt an individual’s status.”
The lawsuit is in search of a minimum of $15K in damages.
On line casino Not Responsive
Cisneros twice wrote to Grand Sierra Resort and On line casino relating to the incident.
“We have now heard nothing from them,” Cisneros advised Native Information On-line. “I’ve by no means seen something like this in my profession.”
Thompson’s proper to public lodging was violated, the lawsuit additional claims.
On line casino.org reached out to Grand Sierra Resort and On line casino. No speedy remark was offered.
