dismissed without prejudice
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Citing that the courts in American Samoa are the proper venue, U.S District Court Judge Trevor N. McFadden dismissed without prejudice a complaint filed with the federal court in Washington D.C. against ASG and more than 70 American Samoa officials including former Gov....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The federal lawsuit brought by the “Salemeana’i Family” in American Samoa against the U.S Secretary of Interior, over family land in Tafuna, has been dismissed without prejudice, allowing plaintiffs to re-file the claim with the proper federal court jurisdiction,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The case against one of the defendants from a case where police raided two homes in Pago Pago last month and allegedly found illegal drugs, was dismissed without prejudice by District Court Judge Fiti Sunia this week, after the court was unable to find probable cause and...



![RELEASED. Sio Godinet leaving the court house Wednesday afternoon when the case against him was dismissed without prejudice by District Court Judge Fiti Sunia. [photo by AF] Sio Godinet leaving the court house Wednesday](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/sio_godinet_0802.jpg?itok=TjWP4zMZ)