A judge has taken the unusual step of ordering a sheriff to take money from an Indian casino till to pay a $725,000 settlement reached between the tribe and a former casino manager, a newspaper reported.

Madera County Sheriff John Anderson has until the end of November to carry out county Judge Michael Jurkovich’s ruling against the Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians — owners of the Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino in the Sierra foothills near Yosemite National Park, according to The Fresno Bee.

The newspaper reported over the weekend that a leadership dispute at the tribe has resulted in the Indian casino bank accounts being frozen. The conflict goes back to at least December 2011, when a disputed election led to rival tribal factions. The tribe had expelled dozens of members, and supporters of one group said their candidates would overturn those decisions.

The decision to freeze the tribe’s bank accounts prompted Jurkovich to go after casino proceeds for the settlement, the Bee reported. David Leibowitz, a spokesman for one of the two rival groups, said the tribe would appeal the judge’s ruling. The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by former casino and hotel manager Matt Olin, who was fired last year while in the middle of a five-year contract with the tribe.

The tribe waived its sovereign immunity, and a judge has taken the unusual step of ordering a sheriff to take money from the Indian casino till to pay the full amount of a $725,000 settlement reached between the tribe and the former casino manager.