No. 21-1102

Oklahoma v. Shaynna Lauren Sims

Lower Court: Oklahoma
Docketed: 2022-02-08
Status: GVR
Type: Paid
Response RequestedRelisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federalism indian-country native-american-rights non-indian-crimes state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty
Latest Conference: 2022-09-28 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether a state has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country.

2. If the answer to the first question is no, whether a state has authority to prosecute a non-Indian for a crime committed in Indian country when the crime does not directly harm the person or property of an Indian.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a state has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country

Docket Entries

2022-11-04
Judgment and mandate issued.
2022-10-03
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
2022-10-03
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, 597 U. S. ___ (2022).
2022-06-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
2022-06-01
Brief of respondent Shaynna Lauren Sims in opposition filed.
2022-06-01
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Shaynna Lauren Sims.
2022-04-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 1, 2022.
2022-04-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 2, 2022 to June 1, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-03-31
Response Requested. (Due May 2, 2022)
2022-03-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
2022-02-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 10, 2022)
2022-01-04
Application (21A275) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until February 4, 2022.
2021-12-21
Application (21A275) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 5, 2022 to February 4, 2022, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.

Attorneys

Oklahoma
Mithun MansinghaniSolicitor General, Petitioner
Shaynna Lauren Sims
Cindy Brown DannerOklahoma Indigent Defense System, Respondent
Nicollette BrandtOklahoma Indigent Defense System, Respondent