Indian-Status
6 cases — ← All topics
| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-1214 | Oklahoma v. Emmitt G. Sam | Oklahoma | 2022-03-07 | Denied | Relisted (6) | 18-usc-1153 criminal-defendant federal-jurisdiction indian indian-status major-crimes-act statutory-interpretation tribal-law | What requirements must a criminal defendant satisfy to qualify as an "Indian" under the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1153? |
| 21-1193 | Oklahoma v. Robert Eric Wadkins | Oklahoma | 2022-03-02 | Denied | Relisted (6) | criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law indian-status major-crimes-act statutory-interpretation tribal-membership | What requirements must a criminal defendant satisfy to qualify as an "Indian" under the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1153? |
| 21-7257 | Jimmy Dale Stone v. Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 2022-03-02 | Denied | IFP | Criminal-Jurisdiction Due-Process Fourteenth-Amendment Indian-Status native-american-rights post-conviction-relief Public-Law-83-280 Treaty-Provisions | 1) Did the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals violate Mr. Stone's Fourteenth Amendment right to Due Process by: a) affirming the district court's Deni… |
| 21-7144 | Robert James Grass v. Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 2022-02-17 | Denied | IFP | cherokee-status criminal-jurisdiction due-process fourteenth-amendment indian-status post-conviction-relief state-courts treaty-provisions | 1) Did the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals violate Mr. Grass' Fourteenth Amendment right to Due Process by: a) affirming the district court's Denia… |
| 20-87 | George Lee Nobles v. North Carolina | North Carolina | 2020-07-29 | Denied | Response Waived | criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction indian-law indian-status jury-determination jury-instructions major-crimes-act statutory-interpretation | I. How does one determine whether a defendant is an Indian? II. Is Indian status a jury question? |
| 19-6433 | Edward Anthony Torres v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-10-29 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | circuit-split criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-jurisdiction district-court due-process federal-courts indian-status jurisdiction jurisdictional-issue magistrate-court native-american native-american-law ninth-circuit pretrial-decision standing statutory-interpretation subject-matter-jurisdiction | Whether a district court may, pretrial, decide an Indian status jurisdictional question in light of conflicting Ninth Circuit law that results in a fe… |