Plaintiff Denis Marengo is an immigration detainee at the CCA Houston Processing Center who states that he is being detained for political reasons and is barred from proceeding pro se. Nevertheless, he proceeds in a representative capacity on behalf of the Gogo and Yao tribes of Tanzania and alleges that Google and Yahoo misappropriated their names, respectively, without acknowledgment or compensation. Plaintiff asserts that he has standing to sue on the tribes' behalf because the mother of his paternal grandfather (a/k/a great-grandmother) was Gogo and the grandmother of his maternal grandmother (a/k/a great-great-grandmother) was Yao.

Plaintiff:	Gogo Tribe of Tanzania, Yao Tribe of Tanzania and Denis Maringo
Defendant:	Google Corporation of Mountain View, California and Yahoo Corporation of San Jose, California
Case Number:	4:2007cv03087
Filed:	September 18, 2007
Court:	US District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Office:	Houston Office
County:	Harris
Presiding Judge:	Nancy F. Atlas
Nature of Suit:	Mandamus & Other
Cause of Action:	28 U.S.C. § 1651 Petition for Writ of Mandamus
Jury Demanded By:	None

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