| 24-1217 |
Kurt Kanam v. Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-05-29 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
administrative-procedure agency-action federal-indian-law judicial-jurisdiction rule-60 tribal-recognition |
This case concerns yet another agency overreach involving the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act ("List Act"), and whether the statute has jud… |
| 24-1019 |
Kurt Kanam v. Doug Burgum, Secretary of the Interior, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2025-03-24 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law declaratory-relief federal-indian-law injunctive-relief mandamus tribal-recognition |
This case concerns whether the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act ("List Act") of 1994, still has judiciary branch tribal recognition or wheth… |
| 23-6926 |
Pidy T. Tiger v. Tommy Williams, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-03-07 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-precedent federal-indian-law federal-jurisdiction federal-law indian-law jurisdictional-dispute native-american-rights statutory-interpretation treaty-abrogation treaty-interpretation tribal-sovereignty |
1. Can the Kansas Act 18 U.S.C. 3243 be read to abrogate the
Creek Nation Treaty of 1856?
2. Does Oklahoma .v. McGirt,2020 represent clearly establi… |
| 23A315 |
West Flagler Associates, Ltd., et al. v. Debra Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. |
District of Columbia |
2023-10-11 |
Denied |
|
administrative-law federal-indian-law indian-gaming-regulatory-act off-reservation-gaming sports-gambling tribal-gaming |
Whether the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) permits the Secretary of the Interior to approve a tribal-state compact authorizing gaming off Indian … |
| 22-6814 |
Juan M. Vazquez-Pedrosa v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2023-02-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
federal-indian-law federal-land-policy indian-land jurisdictional-dispute land-rights native-american-rights native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-statehood property-transfer statutory-interpretation treaty tribal-jurisdiction |
Question not identified. |
| 22-5856 |
Tracy J. McGill v. Oklahoma Department of Corrections |
Oklahoma |
2022-10-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-indian-law federal-law habeas-corpus jurisdiction state-court subject-matter-jurisdiction unreasonable-determination |
I, UketW OKlakomo, Court ef tf'un'aai Appeals t)e./uaj of ft ttesc-e-alaivt of An En ftelM U1c-K.a4a.1i Sm^n'-s Subject-Matter TvtrUA\^\on Lieu rn In … |
| 21-1471 |
Denise Halvorson, et vir v. Hennepin County Children’s Services Department, et al. |
Minnesota |
2022-05-23 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (3) |
consent-requirement due-process federal-indian-law foster-care indian-child-welfare-act jurisdictional-transfer nonmember nonmember-party state-court tribal-jurisdiction |
1. Whether it is an error of law for a state court to order the transfer of a foster care proceeding to tribal court when the transfer forces a nonmem… |
| 21-913 |
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, et al. v. Lummi Nation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
federal-indian-law fishing-rights geographic-boundaries maritime-boundaries native-american-law ninth-circuit treaty-interpretation treaty-precedent treaty-rights tribal-rights |
In 1855, the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe, Lower Elwha Indian Tribe, and Lummi Nation all entered treaties with the United S… |
| 21-868 |
Oklahoma v. Kevin Tyler Foster |
Oklahoma |
2021-12-10 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
criminal-appellate-review criminal-jurisdiction federal-indian-law indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-773 |
Oklahoma v. Harold Denton McCurtain |
Oklahoma |
2021-11-24 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-indian-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-734 |
Oklahoma v. Justin Dale Little |
Oklahoma |
2021-11-17 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-indian-law federalism jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-rights native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-704 |
Oklahoma v. Samantha Ann Perales |
Oklahoma |
2021-11-15 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law oklahoma-sovereignty overruling-precedent precedent-review stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-678 |
Big Sandy Rancheria Enterprises v. Rob Bonta, Attorney General of California, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-11-08 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
28-usc-1362 cigarette-sales federal-charter federal-indian-law indian-reorganization-act indian-tribe preemption tribal-sovereignty |
1. Whether an Indian tribe incorporated by federal charter under section 17 of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 (25 U.S.C. § 5124) is an "Indian … |
| 21-644 |
Oklahoma v. Floyd Joseph Ball, Jr. |
Oklahoma |
2021-11-02 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-state-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma , 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) , should be over ruled. |
| 21-502 |
Oklahoma v. Terrance Lucas Cottingham |
Oklahoma |
2021-10-05 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-sovereignty overruling-precedent stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452
(2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-488 |
Oklahoma v. Dakota Shay Fox |
Oklahoma |
2021-10-01 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled appellate-review criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-sovereignty oklahoma-statehood stare-decisis tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-487 |
Oklahoma v. David Deval Martin |
Oklahoma |
2021-10-01 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law federal-indian-law jurisdictional-boundaries native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-law overruling-precedent stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tribal-sovereignty |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-484 |
Oklahoma v. Sonny Raye McCombs |
Oklahoma |
2021-10-01 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Relisted (3) |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge McGirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-sovereignty standing statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-373 |
Oklahoma v. Joses Ric-E Beck |
Oklahoma |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge McGirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-369 |
Oklahoma v. Bea Ann Epperson |
Oklahoma |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law overruling-precedent stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-323 |
Oklahoma v. Michael Eugene Spears |
Oklahoma |
2021-09-01 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-326 |
Oklahoma v. Devin Warren Sizemore |
Oklahoma |
2021-09-01 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge McGirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-321 |
Oklahoma v. Ryan Cortlan Johnson |
Oklahoma |
2021-09-01 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law overruling-precedent stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-320 |
Oklahoma v. Robert William Perry, II |
Oklahoma |
2021-09-01 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law overruling-precedent stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-274 |
Oklahoma v. Johnny Edward Mize, II |
Oklahoma |
2021-08-25 |
GVR |
Amici (1)Relisted (4) |
criminal-law due-process federal-indian-law indian-law jurisdiction mcgirt-v-oklahoma |
1. Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country.
2. Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. … |
| 21-257 |
Oklahoma v. Jimmie Dewayne Starr |
Oklahoma |
2021-08-23 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled criminal-appellate-procedure criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-255 |
Oklahoma v. Grant N. Jackson, IV |
Oklahoma |
2021-08-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure federal-indian-law federalism McGirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-253 |
Oklahoma v. Christopher Jason Hathcoat |
Oklahoma |
2021-08-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
criminal-procedure federal-indian-law judicial-review jurisdiction McGirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-252 |
Oklahoma v. Shannon James Kepler |
Oklahoma |
2021-08-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
court-of-criminal-appeals criminal-case criminal-law federal-indian-law legal-precedent mcgirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-jurisdiction stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-sovereignty |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452
(2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-251 |
Oklahoma v. William Clayton Brown |
Oklahoma |
2021-08-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) |
court-precedent criminal-appeal criminal-jurisdiction federal-indian-law indian-law judicial-review mcgirt-precedent oklahoma-jurisdiction stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-sovereignty |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 20-6593 |
Dustin Lee MacLeod v. William Moritz, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-12-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-law constitutional-provisions federal-indian-law federal-jurisdiction indian-treaty legal-interpretation native-american-rights supreme-law supreme-law-of-the-land treaty-rights |
Is an "Indian Treaty " the Supreme Law of the Land? |
| 20-753 |
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation v. Yakima County, Washington, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-12-01 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
agency-deference consent criminal-jurisdiction federal-indian-law federal-jurisdiction indian-country indian-law public-law-280 public-safety retrocession statutory-interpretation tribal-sovereignty |
Can the United States change the scope of its reassumption of Pub. L. 83-280 jurisdiction in Indian Country years after the reassumption became effect… |
| 19-1143 |
FMC Corporation v. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-03-18 |
Denied |
CVSGAmici (3)Relisted (2) |
civil-rights due-process eighth-circuit federal-indian-law inherent-authority jurisdiction jurisdictional-limits montana-exceptions ninth-circuit-interpretation nonmember-regulation seventh-circuit tribal-jurisdiction tribal-jurisdiction-over-nonmembers tribal-self-government tribal-sovereignty |
1. Whether the Ninth Circuit correctly holds that tribal jurisdiction over nonmembers is established whenever a Montana exception is met, or whether, … |
| 19-6726 |
In Re Billie Byrd |
|
2019-11-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa-filing-limitations aedpa-limitations constitutional-law criminal-procedure federal-indian-law habeas-corpus indian-treaties subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause treaties-with-indians treaty-supremacy-clause |
(1) Whether the filing limitations AEDPA apply to claims that state courts lacked of subject matter jurisdiction in criminal cases due to provisions i… |
| 19-403 |
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas v. Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2019-09-25 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
agency-interpretation federal-indian-law fifth-circuit gaming gaming-prohibition gaming-regulation indian-gaming indian-gaming-regulatory-act multi-circuit-conflict national-indian-gaming-commission statutory-interpretation tribal-lands tribal-sovereignty trust-lands trust-statutes |
Whether IGRA authorizes gaming on tribal lands previously governed by trust statutes that prohibited gaming, as the National Indian Gaming Commission,… |
| 18-8791 |
Danny D. Bissonette v. Robert Dooley, Warden, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-04-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-jurisdiction double-jeopardy due-process federal-habeas federal-indian-law habeas-corpus indian-law prosecutorial-jurisdiction state-sovereignty treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty |
1. Did the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court of Pennington County. South Dakota error when it failed to set-aside the Judgment of Conviction, once it was… |
| 18-1261 |
Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-04-02 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
federal-indian-law former-reservation gaming gaming-purposes indian-gaming-regulatory-act land-acquisition reservation-exception tribal-jurisdiction trust-lands |
Whether the "former reservation" exception permitting lands acquired by the United States in trust for an Oklahoma Tribe after the effective date of t… |
| 18-891 |
Sally Jim v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-01-10 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-interpretation due-process federal-indian-law income-taxation indian-tribes self-governance taxation treaty-interpretation tribal-lands tribal-sovereignty |
Whether treaties with Indian tribes must be construed consistent with that tribe's present-sense understanding of the treaty.
Whether the Miccosukee … |
| 18-894 |
Harold McNeal, et ux. v. Navajo Nation, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2019-01-10 |
Denied |
Relisted (2) |
congressional-policy contract-negotiation federal-indian-law federal-jurisdiction gaming-enterprise indian-gaming-regulatory-act sovereign-immunity state-court state-court-jurisdiction tort-claim tort-claims tribal-sovereignty |
Whether the Tenth Circuit panel violated the current jurisprudence of this Court and the Congressional policy underlying IGRA by precluding the Nation… |
| 18-7033 |
Michael Casey Jackson v. United States |
Sixth Circuit |
2018-12-14 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
congress district-court federal-indian-law indian-country judicial-restoration land-relinquishment land-rights native-american-lands native-americans reservation-status separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation treaty-rights |
Whether or Not a District Court Judge Can Restor Lands That By TREATY Were Relinquished By Indians to the United States All Claims and Rights They Pos… |
| 18-297 |
Eric White, et al. v. Barbara D. Underwood, Attorney General of New York, et al. |
New York |
2018-09-07 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
canons-of-construction federal-indian-law indian-law indian-rights indian-treaty-rights native-american-rights new-york-indians seneca-nation sovereign-immunity state-taxation statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tax-assessment treaty-interpretation tribal-sovereignty |
The decision below ruled that New York's promise to the Seneca Nation of Indians to refrain from assessing taxes "for any purpose whatever, upon any I… |