No. 23-5119

Nawllah Shayanne Tiger v. Oklahoma

Lower Court: Oklahoma
Docketed: 2023-07-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: federal-jurisdiction law-of-the-case major-crimes-act mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma postconviction-relief retroactivity state-procedural-law subject-matter-jurisdiction tribal-jurisdiction
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Latest Conference: 2023-11-17 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Was the Oklahoma court's decision to approve reinstating Ms. Tiger's convictions based on such a novel and unforeseeable change in state procedural law that this Court may review her challenge to the trial court's jurisdiction under the Major Crimes Act and McGirt? See, e.g., Michigan v. Long, 463 U.S. 1032, 1041–42 (1983) (explaining that this Court lacks jurisdiction to review state court rulings that are based on adequate and independent grounds in state law).

2. If so, should the Court grant the petition, vacate the judgment below, and remand this case for further proceedings in light of Cruz v. Arizona, 143 S. Ct. 650 (2023)?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was the Oklahoma court's decision to approve reinstating Ms. Tiger's convictions based on such a novel and unforeseeable change in state procedural law that this Court may review her challenge to the trial court's jurisdiction under the Major Crimes Act and McGirt?

Docket Entries

2023-11-20
Petition DENIED.
2023-11-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/17/2023.
2023-10-26
Reply of petitioner Nawllah Shayanne Tiger filed.
2023-10-12
Brief of respondent Oklahoma in opposition filed.
2023-09-13
Response Requested. (Due October 13, 2023)
2023-08-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-07-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 16, 2023)

Attorneys

Nawllah Tiger
Keith James HilzendegerFederal Public Defender, District of Arizona, Petitioner
Oklahoma
Jennifer L. CrabbOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Tara PortilloPontotoc County District Attorney, Respondent