No. 21-959

Oklahoma v. Joshua Lee Purdom

Lower Court: Oklahoma
Docketed: 2021-12-30
Status: GVR
Type: Paid
Relisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-jurisdiction due-process indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian non-indian-crimes state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty
Latest Conference: 2022-06-29 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether a State has authority to prosecute Indian country.

2. Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

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

Docket Entries

2022-08-01
JUDGMENT ISSUED
2022-08-01
MANDATE ISSUED
2022-06-30
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
2022-06-30
Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, 597 U. S. ___ (2022).
2022-06-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2022.
2022-02-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/4/2022.
2022-01-31
Brief of respondent Joshua Lee Purdom in opposition filed.
2022-01-31
Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Joshua Lee Purdom.
2021-12-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 31, 2022)

Attorneys

Joshua Lee Purdom
Zachary Charles SchaufJenner & Block, LLP, Respondent
Oklahoma
Mithun MansinghaniSolicitor General, Petitioner