| 23-5274 |
Wicahpe George Milk v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-08-03 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
18-usc-1503 attorney-client-privilege constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure dismissal indian-reservation jurisdiction statutory-interpretation suppression |
I. Whether acts occurring on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation deprived the Court of jurisdiction over all parts of the indictment.
II. Whether 18 U.… |
| 22-6259 |
Eric Bruce Fowler v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-12-08 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-arrest cross-deputization due-process federal-approval indian-law indian-reservation jurisdiction law-enforcement state-jurisdiction territorial-sovereignty |
A state trooper stopped, detained, and searched Eric Fowler, an Indian within the boundaries of his reservation. Did the state trooper have jurisdicti… |
| 21-1484 |
Arizona, et al. v. Navajo Nation, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-05-25 |
Judgment Issued |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
arizona-v-california breach-of-trust colorado-river federal-jurisdiction federal-trust-responsibility indian-reservation indian-reservations water-rights winters-doctrine |
I. Does the Ninth Circuit Opinion, allowing the
Nation to proceed with a claim to enjoin the Secretary
to develop a plan to meet the Nation's water ne… |
| 21-906 |
Klickitat County, Washington, et al. v. Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-12-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
boundary-dispute congressional-act congressional-authority indian-reservation land-disposition ninth-circuit-error statutory-interpretation treaty-interpretation |
1. Whether, or in what circumstances, a court may override an Act of Congress adopting a boundary for an Indian reservation, and set its own boundary.… |
| 21-840 |
United States v. Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General of Maine, et al. |
First Circuit |
2021-12-07 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
indian-reservation land-claims maine-indian-claims-settlement-act native-american-rights natural-resources penobscot-nation settlement-act statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction tribal-rights tribal-sovereignty |
Whether the Penobscot Indian Reservation includes only the uplands of the islands in the main stem of the Penobscot River or also includes the surroun… |
| 21-5867 |
James Dean Kendrick v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2021-10-04 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
aiding-abetting aiding-and-abetting-liability criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure indian-reservation indian-reservations sentencing-guidelines title-21-usc title-21-usc-section-841(b)(1)(A) title-21-usc-section-848(e)(1)(A) title-21-usc-section-848(g)-(p) |
1. Can the Government's alleged motive for the murder of a non-Indian committed by another non-Indian, which occurred on the Cattaraugus Indian Reserv… |
| 20-1485 |
JoEllen Mary Crossett v. Emmet County, Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2021-04-22 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction immunity-defense indian-law indian-reservation malicious-prosecution treaty-interpretation treaty-rights tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
1.)Is Ms. Crossett on Indian land, a reservation established in the 1836 and 1855 treaties, not disestablished with intent by congress, and does Littl… |
| 19-8612 |
Edward Ronald Stamper v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-06-05 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
consent criminal-intent criminal-law due-process indian-reservation ineffective-assistance-of-counsel jury-instruction jury-instructions mens-rea sexual-abuse sexual-assault |
The government convicted Edward Ronald Stamper of sexual abuse in violation of 18
U.S.C. § 2242(2)(B) based on a jury instruction which provided:
In … |
| 19-985 |
Native Wholesale Supply Company v. California, ex rel. Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, et al. |
California |
2020-02-06 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
contract-law indian-commerce-clause indian-reservation indian-tribe interstate-commerce personal-jurisdiction state-regulation tribal-corporation tribal-sovereignty |
1. Whether a contract for the purchase of goods
entered into, and fully performed by, an Indian
Tribe outside the exterior boundaries of the state in
… |
| 18-8801 |
Patrick Joseph Terry v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2019-04-11 |
GVR |
Response RequestedRelisted (11)IFP |
18-usc-1151 criminal-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction federal-law indian-country indian-reservation indian-territory treaty treaty-boundaries tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
"Whether the boundaries established in the Treaty of February 23, 1867, for the Eight (8) Tribes within the former Indian Territory of northeastern Ok… |
| 18-6311 |
Winston Ray Walters v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2018-10-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
congress congressional-disestablishment criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-prosecution disestablishment federal-jurisdiction federal-law habeas-corpus indian-reservation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-member tribal-membership |
Whether Congress has disestablished the reservation of the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Nation in Oklahoma. |