| 25-382 |
Alicia Stroble v. Oklahoma Tax Commission |
Oklahoma |
2025-10-01 |
Denied |
Amici (4)Relisted (9) |
indian-country mcgirt-precedent reservation-rights state-taxation tax-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
Whether Oklahoma may tax the income of a Muscogee (Creek) Nation citizen who lives and works within the Muscogee (Creek) Reservation that McGirt v. Ok… |
| 25-5582 |
Paul Curtis Pemberton v. Michael Miller, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2025-09-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
aedpa-limitations criminal-jurisdiction false-imprisonment indian-country treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty |
1. a. Whether Oklahoma Criminal Statutes May Be Enforced Against An Enrolled Member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Tribe within the Indian Country. If… |
| 25-165 |
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-08-12 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
district-court equitable-relief inherent-power injunctive-standards treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty |
Whether a district court has "inherent equitable power" to enter a coercive "decree" restricting an Indian tribe's treaty rights without its consent a… |
| 25-30 |
Marvin Keith Stitt v. City of Tulsa, Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2025-07-09 |
Denied |
|
congressional-authority criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure indian-country indian-law tribal-sovereignty |
Whether a state may exercise criminal jurisdiction over an Indian for conduct in Indian country absent a valid congressional grant of authority. |
| 24A1171 |
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Michigan, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-05-30 |
Presumed Complete |
|
fishing-decree inherent-equitable-powers sixth-circuit treaty-of-1836 treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty |
Question not identified. |
| 24-7125 |
Melaine R. Wilson v. Department of Interior, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2025-05-02 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
bureau-of-indian-affairs federal-trust-obligations indian-trust-lands land-transfer treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty |
-Will the Department of Interior begin Negotiations with the Oglala Sioux Tribe President on Remedies that are easily understandable with the Oglala S… |
| 24A619 |
Tonia Scott v. Pennsylvania |
Third Circuit |
2024-12-20 |
Presumed Complete |
|
criminal-prosecution due-process fourteenth-amendment jurisdiction native-american tribal-sovereignty |
Question not identified. |
| 24-5191 |
Quentin Veneno, Jr. v. United States |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-07-31 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (22)IFP |
constitutional-authority courtroom-closure criminal-procedure federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure intratribal-conduct presley-v-georgia public-trial rule-51(b) rule-51b tribal-sovereignty |
1. Presley v. Georgia, 558 U.S. 209 (2010), held that, before closing the courtroom during a criminal trial, "courts are required to consider alternat… |
| 23-1308 |
Daniel Phillips, as Administrator of the Estate of Melvin L. Phillips, Sr. and as Successor Trustee of Melvin Phillips, Sr./Orchard Party Trust v. Oneida Indian Nation |
Second Circuit |
2024-06-14 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights equitable-defense federal-authority indian-law land-claim partition-agreement remand-for-discovery rule-60 state-ratification treaties treaty-interpretation tribal-sovereignty |
What is the effect of the ruling in this case on the hundreds of Indian and non-Indian titles conveyed by the Orchard Party to, New York State and the… |
| 23-7655 |
In Re Jovon Montell Hollowell |
|
2024-06-06 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process federal-courts government-powers individual-rights jurisdiction legal-precedent standing tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
1: Can a non-Article VI covet proceed without the consent of the occus wl?
2: Are the Courts allowed to overrule the Constitution?
3: Are the Courts… |
| 23-1151 |
Nathaniel Brian Verellen v. Michigan |
Michigan |
2024-04-23 |
Denied |
|
14th-amendment 4th-amendment 5th-amendment brady-material constitutional-rights due-process indian-commerce-clause license-plate traffic-code tribal-sovereignty |
1. Did the State of Michigan erroneously redefine "registration plate" so as to unlawfully broaden and apply Michigan Traffic Code, MCL 257.256, Licen… |
| 23-7060 |
Marcus D. Ford v. David Buss, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-03-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
congressional-authority criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure indian-civil-rights-act indian-territory oklahoma organic-act state-law tribal-sovereignty |
Did Congress pass the Organic act for Oklahoma on May 31, 1890 (25 U.S.C. § 30-31; 26 Stat. 81, 83-84, 87) to establish State laws, or did Congress pa… |
| 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… |
| 23-6873 |
Darrin Lynn Pickens v. David Buss, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-03-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
arkansas-law civil-rights-act congressional-authority criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-lands indian-territory oklahoma organic-act tribal-sovereignty |
loress passiheOraonicac+tbroKlahoma on establish Slate laws, or did Congress eneral lauJS of Arkansas on ITIaY Z,I2% providina fine provis ► entHTea T… |
| 23-6798 |
Qaya Mikel Gordon v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
congressional-power constitutional-authority due-process indian-affairs major-crimes-act native-nations tribal-sovereignty trust-obligations |
1. Whether Congress exceeded its authority under the Constitution by enacting the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. §1153, as applied to crimes committed by… |
| 23-6654 |
Lancey Darnell Ray v. Terry Quisenberry, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2024-02-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights comanche-tribe due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-recognition legal-liability pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation treaty-interpretation treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty |
1. Whether under Article 1 of the treaty of October 21, 1867 between the United States and the Kiowa and Comanche tribes of Indians an enrolled member… |
| 23-6299 |
Jovon Montell Hollowell v. United States |
Eleventh Circuit |
2023-12-18 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights due-process indigenous-rights judicial-authority jurisdiction service-of-process subject-matter-jurisdiction tribal-courts tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
Questions without prejudice I need your help to comprehend:
1. Does a court treated by Congress of the United States not obligated to prove it's a co… |
| 23-253 |
Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Northern Arapaho Tribe |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-09-15 |
Judgment Issued |
Relisted (2) |
contract-support-costs federal-funding health-care-services indian-self-determination-act indian-self-determination-and-education-assistance statutory-interpretation third-party-payors tribal-sovereignty |
Whether IHS must pay "contract support costs" not only to support IHS-funded activities, but also to support the tribe's expenditure of income collect… |
| 23-250 |
Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. San Carlos Apache Tribe |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-09-15 |
Judgment Issued |
Relisted (2) |
contract-support-costs federal-funding federal-health-care indian-health-service indian-self-determination-act indian-self-determination-and-education-assistance statutory-interpretation third-party-payors tribal-contracts tribal-sovereignty |
Whether IHS must pay "contract support costs" not only to support IHS-funded activities, but also to support the tribe's expenditure of income collect… |
| 23A103 |
Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. San Carlos Apache Tribe |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-08-04 |
Presumed Complete |
|
contract-support-costs indian-self-determination-act indirect-costs secretarial-amount third-party-revenue tribal-sovereignty |
Question not identified. |
| 22-796 |
Johnny Ellery Smith v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2023-02-22 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response Waived |
assimilative-crimes-act federal-prosecution general-crimes-act indian-country state-law-offenses treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty |
Whether the Assimilative Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 13, applies to Indian country—either on its own or through the General Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1152—s… |
| 22-6458 |
Brian L. Melson v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2023-01-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
cherokee-nation criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction indian-law major-crimes-act native-american-rights reservation-status tribal-sovereignty united-states-constitution |
"Mr. Melson respectfully ask "'- Did Congress ever disestablish the Cherokee Nation and/or Reservation as a sovereign nation, [within the State of Okl… |
| 22-227 |
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, et al. v. Brian W. Coughlin |
First Circuit |
2022-09-12 |
Judgment Issued |
Amici (9)Relisted (2) |
abrogation bankruptcy-code circuit-split indian-tribes sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation tribal-sovereignty |
Whether the Bankruptcy Code expresses unequivocally Congress's intent to abrogate the sovereign immunity of Indian tribes. |
| 22-5367 |
Derrick Lee Hinton v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-08-17 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
constitutional-interpretation federal-jurisdiction federal-power first-amendment free-speech government-criticism judicial-review legal-precedent native-american-rights sovereignty-doctrine tribal-sovereignty |
Question not identified. |
| 21-8285 |
Darryll Justin Lee Reed v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2022-06-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
criminal-procedure indian-law judicial-precedent jurisdiction mcgirt-rule procedural-law retroactive-application retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-law tribal-sovereignty |
1.) Is McGirt a Substantive or Procedural rule?
2.) Should McGirt be applied retroactively? |
| 21-1544 |
Cynthia Lopez v. Eric Quaempts, et al. |
California |
2022-06-09 |
Denied |
|
civil-rights employee-ratification lewis-v-clarke ratification sovereign-immunity state-court-remedies state-tort-law tort-claims tribal-sovereign-immunity tribal-sovereignty vicarious-liability |
In an attempt to immunize a tribe and its employees from liability, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation ("the Tribe") ratified … |
| 21-7678 |
Robert Elton v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2022-04-21 |
Denied |
IFP |
arizona-v-united-states constitutional-interpretation criminal-procedure edwards-v-vannoy federal-preemption indian-country judicial-jurisdiction mcculloch-v-maryland preemption state-court-powers tribal-sovereignty |
1. Whether a State's contortion of Edwards v. Vannoy (2021) to delimit Indian Country powers into new rules of criminal procedure can be permitted to … |
| 21-7593 |
David T. Young v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2022-04-12 |
Denied |
IFP |
administrative-law civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-law due-process federal-jurisdiction indian-treaty judicial-review state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tribal-sovereignty |
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| 21-1340 |
Lynn D. Becker v. Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-04-11 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure contractual-consent federal-jurisdiction state-jurisdiction tribal-exhaustion tribal-sovereignty |
1. Whether a federal court may force a non-consenting, non-Indian plaintiff to exhaust his claims in tribal court when the defendant tribe has express… |
| 21-1298 |
Leonard Albrecht, et al. v. Riverside County, California, et al. |
California |
2022-03-28 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
federal-preemption indian-lands indian-reorganization-act leasehold-interest reservation-rights state-taxation tax-preemption tribal-sovereignty |
Although this Court has made clear that federal law preempts state and local governments from imposing real-property taxes on Indian lands, some of th… |
| 21-7439 |
Curtis Henry Johnson v. Paul Benton |
Mississippi |
2022-03-23 |
Denied |
IFP |
article-1-section-8 constitution constitutional-interpretation indian-affairs land-occupancy plenary-powers state-court-jurisdiction state-courts treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty |
Under Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, it gives Congress
plenary powers to deal with Indian affairs. Congress can limit, modif… |
| 21-7251 |
Major Hudson, III v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2022-03-02 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-sovereignty indian-law land-title native-american-rights standing subject-matter-jurisdiction tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
1. Whether Oklahoma Court 's can continue to unlawfully exercise under state law,
criminal jurisdiction over the lands formerly known as the Unassign… |
| 21-7098 |
Thomas G. Landreth v. United States, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-02-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
civil-rights indian-law land-use navigable-waters property-rights redress-of-grievances sovereign-immunity treaty-interpretation treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty |
1. Whether 25 U.S.C. @ 1302 preserves the sovereign immunity claimed by the Quinault Indian Tribe/Nation when citizens have or seek redress for grieva… |
| 21-1102 |
Oklahoma v. Shaynna Lauren Sims |
Oklahoma |
2022-02-08 |
GVR |
Response RequestedRelisted (2) |
criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federalism indian-country native-american-rights non-indian-crimes state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty |
1. Whether a state has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country.
2. If the answer to the first question… |
| 21-1058 |
Oklahoma v. Marquise Petey White |
Oklahoma |
2022-02-01 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process equal-protection indian-country non-indian-defendants public-safety state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty |
Whether a State has authority to prosecute non Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country. |
| 21-6927 |
Rickey Ray Wallgren, Jr. v. Rick Whitten, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2022-01-20 |
Denied |
Relisted (2)IFP |
allotment general-allotment-act indian-law indian-treaty jurisdiction jurisdictional-boundaries native-american-rights reservation reservation-status treaty-interpretation treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty |
Does text and meaning of Article (3) Treaty of February 27 1867 15 Stat. 531 between United States and Potawatomi Tribe of Indians stating inter alia;… |
| 21-1009 |
Oklahoma v. Robert Taylor Bragg |
Oklahoma |
2022-01-18 |
GVR |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process indian-country indian-law jurisdiction mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-defendants state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty |
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.C… |
| 21-985 |
Oklahoma v. Gage Christopher J. Shriver |
Oklahoma |
2022-01-11 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Response Waived |
criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indian-law jurisdictional-challenge McGirt-precedent 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. |
| 21-960 |
Oklahoma v. Jessy Shay Bailey |
Oklahoma |
2021-12-30 |
GVR |
Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (3) |
criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection indian-country mcgirt-v-oklahoma tribal-sovereignty |
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. … |
| 21-959 |
Oklahoma v. Joshua Lee Purdom |
Oklahoma |
2021-12-30 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
criminal-jurisdiction due-process indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian non-indian-crimes state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty |
1. Whether a State has authority to prosecute Indian country.
2. Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-914 |
Oklahoma v. Richard Ray Roth |
Oklahoma |
2021-12-21 |
GVR |
Relisted (2) |
criminal-jurisdiction criminal-prosecution due-process indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian non-indian-defendants state-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
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.C… |
| 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. |
| 21-840 |
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… |
| 21-6529 |
Brandon Lamont Jenkins v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2021-12-06 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-challenge criminal-conviction criminal-procedure matloff-v-wallace mcgirt-retroactivity mcgirt-v-oklahoma retroactivity state-procedural-bar subject-matter-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
1. Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), applies retroactively to convictions that were final when McGirt was announced?
2. Is Oklahoma'… |
| 21-798 |
Oklahoma v. Stephen Tanner Vineyard |
Oklahoma |
2021-11-30 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-jurisdiction indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-772 |
Oklahoma v. Stewart Wayne Coffman |
Oklahoma |
2021-11-24 |
GVR |
Amici (1)Relisted (2) |
civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process indian-country indian-law jurisdiction mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-crimes state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty |
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.C… |
| 21-749 |
Howard Tanner, Village of Union Springs Code Enforcement Officer, et al. v. Cayuga Nation, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-11-19 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights disestablishment due-process fee-lands indian-gaming-regulatory-act reservation reservation-status Sherrill-doctrine sherrill-v-oneida tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of N.Y., 544 U.S. 197 (2005) prohibits New York tribes from unilaterally asserting sovereignty —"in whole or … |
| 21-6331 |
Byron White v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2021-11-18 |
Denied |
IFP |
collateral-review criminal-procedure due-process jurisdiction mcgirt-decision post-conviction-relief procedural-defenses retroactivity subject-matter-jurisdiction teague-exception tribal-sovereignty |
WHETHER RESPONDENT WAIVED/FORFEITED ANY OF IT'S PROCEDURAL DEFENSES IN McGIRT'S DECISION AND RESPONDENT IS PROCEDURALLY BARRED FROM ASSERTING ANY IF I… |
| 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 … |
| 21-646 |
Oklahoma v. Dameon Lamar Leathers |
Oklahoma |
2021-11-02 |
Denied |
Amici (1) |
140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled court-of-criminal-appeals criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federalism jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law oklahoma-jurisdiction precedent-challenge stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 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. |
| 21-6030 |
Keith Elmo Davis v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2021-10-20 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-rights due-process jurisdiction mcgirt-decision post-conviction-relief procedural-defenses retroactivity standing subject-matter-jurisdiction teague-exception tribal-sovereignty |
WHETHER RESPONDENT WAIVED/FORFEITED ANY OF IT'S PROCEDURAL
DEFENSES IN McGIRT 'S DECISION AND RESPONDENT IS PROCEDURALLY
BARRED FROM ASSERTING ANY I… |
| 21-485 |
Oklahoma v. Shawn Lee McDaniel |
Oklahoma |
2021-10-01 |
GVR |
Amici (1)Relisted (4) |
criminal-jurisdiction criminal-prosecution due-process equal-protection indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-defendants state-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
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.C… |
| 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. |
| 21-488 |
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. |
| 21-486 |
Oklahoma v. Dakota James Alleyn Shriver |
Oklahoma |
2021-10-01 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-jurisdiction native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-law oklahoma-sovereignty precedent-review stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled. |
| 21-451 |
Oklahoma v. Shawn Thomas Jones |
Oklahoma |
2021-09-23 |
GVR |
Amici (1)Relisted (4) |
civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction due-process indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-prosecution state-authority tribal-sovereignty |
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. … |
| 21-370 |
Oklahoma v. Travis Dray Stewart |
Oklahoma |
2021-09-08 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indian-law judicial-review McGirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty 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. |
| 21-324 |
Oklahoma v. Kadetrix Devon Grayson |
Oklahoma |
2021-09-01 |
Denied |
Relisted (3) |
criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-jurisdiction 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. |
| 21-323 |
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. |
| 21-265 |
Oklahoma v. Erik Sherney Williams |
Oklahoma |
2021-08-24 |
GVR |
Amici (1)Relisted (4) |
criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection indian-country mcgirt-v-oklahoma tribal-sovereignty |
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. |
| 21-254 |
Oklahoma v. Jordan Batice Mitchell |
Oklahoma |
2021-08-20 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
criminal-procedure federalism judicial-review 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. |
| 21-251 |
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. |
| 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. |
| 21-253 |
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. |
| 21-237 |
James Clay, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue |
Eleventh Circuit |
2021-08-18 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
25-usc-2 bureau-of-indian-affairs federal-regulations indian-tribe irs land-compensation secretary-of-interior tax-interpretation tribal-lands tribal-sovereignty |
This Court is presented with a case of first impression regarding the authority of a Federally recognized Indian Tribe, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indian… |
| 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… |
| 20-7283 |
John Larvie v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2021-03-01 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-violation double-jeopardy due-process federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-discretion plea-bargaining procedural-default standing state-court-reasoning tribal-sovereignty |
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appeal Nor cani contact. Aftorng doesid say muh so Ive boen
for avhite and battted bore co… |
| 20-6575 |
Ronald Jermaine Jackson v. United States |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-12-09 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction free-speech government-accountability indigenous-rights jurisdiction land-management standing tribal-sovereignty |
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| 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… |
| 20-493 |
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, et al. v. Texas |
Fifth Circuit |
2020-10-15 |
Judgment Issued |
CVSGAmici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) |
cabazon-band federal-restoration-act gaming gaming-regulation indian-tribes legislative-interpretation native-american-rights regulatory-jurisdiction restoration-act state-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty ysleta-del-sur-pueblo |
Whether the Restoration Act provides the Pueblo with sovereign authority to regulate non-prohibited gaming activities on its lands (including bingo), … |
| 19-1298 |
Rogers County Board of Tax Roll Corrections, et al. v. Video Gaming Technologies, Inc. |
Oklahoma |
2020-05-19 |
Denied |
Amici (1)Relisted (3) |
ad-valorem-tax bracker-balancing-test federal-preemption government-interests indian-gaming-regulatory-act non-indian-entity non-indian-property state-taxation tribal-sovereignty |
Whether a generally applicable state ad valorem
tax, as assessed against personal property owned by a
non-Indian, out-of-state corporate entity and le… |
| 19-8126 |
Garry Wayne Wilson v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2020-03-27 |
GVR |
Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP |
criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment indian-law state-prosecution treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty |
1. Whether the State of Oklahoma has jurisdiction to prosecute a Cherokee Indian whose alleged crime of murder occurred within the historic and treaty… |
| 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, … |
| 19-7915 |
Alan DeAtley v. Dean Williams, Executive Director, Colorado Department of Corrections, et al. |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-03-09 |
Denied |
IFP |
adoption-law child-welfare civil-rights due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction indian-child-welfare-act placement-preference standing state-courts state-jurisdiction tribal-court tribal-courts tribal-sovereignty |
State ot Colorado and uns. federal Courts are failing to follow state, feckvaland Tribal Law as all have followed
The state must follow there own haw… |
| 19-1056 |
Kristi Noem, Governor of South Dakota, et al. v. Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe |
Eighth Circuit |
2020-02-26 |
Denied |
|
economic-impacts fiscal-demands preemption state-interests state-taxation bracker-test economic-impacts federal-regulation indian-gaming preemption state-interests state-taxation tribal-sovereignty |
Does the Bracker test currently serve as a consistent and predictable rule of law in light of the exponential expansion of Indian gaming since 1988 an… |
| 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
… |
| 19-971 |
Angela James, et al. v. JW Gaming Development, LLC, a California Limited Liability Company |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-02-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
civil-rights congress federal-courts individual-liability legal-standing official-capacity sovereign-immunity state-courts tribal-governance tribal-sovereignty |
Whether an Indian tribe's governing body can be stripped of its sovereign immunity from suit for actions taken by its members in their official capaci… |
| 19-6921 |
Brian H. Jones, Sr. v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-12-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process inherent-power legal-definition prosecution-standards same-transaction sovereignty sovereignty-doctrine tribal-sovereignty vagueness |
1. Is the term "same transaction" unconstitutionally vague?
2. How would two incidents separated by four months constitute the "same transaction"?
3… |
| 19-598 |
Joy Spurr v. Melissa L. Pope, Chief Judge, Tribal Court of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2019-11-07 |
Denied |
|
civil-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction jurisdiction non-tribal-member personal-protection-order sovereign-immunity tribal-sovereignty violence-against-women violence-against-women-act |
1. Suppose a nontribal member is sued in a court of an Indian Tribe, and later sues in federal court claiming that the tribal court lacked jurisdictio… |
| 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,… |
| 19-5744 |
Johnny Ellery Smith v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-08-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
assimilative-crimes-act criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction indian-country indian-law major-crimes-act state-law tribal-sovereignty |
Did the federal government's prosecution of an Indian for violation of state law in Indian country violate federal statutes and tribal sovereignty ret… |
| 19-131 |
Duanna Knighton v. Cedarville Rancheria of Northern Paiute Indians, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-07-26 |
Denied |
|
civil-jurisdiction civil-tort dollar-general-corporation-v-mississippi-band-of-c due-process montana-exceptions montana-v-united-states nonmember-rights nonmembers plains-commerce-bank-v-long-family-land-cattle-co sovereign-powers standing tort-claims tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty |
"[T]he inherent sovereign powers of an Indian tribe do not extend to the activities of nonmembers of the tribe." Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 54… |
| 18-9811 |
Eli Sloan v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-06-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction indian-law indigent-counsel native-american-rights sixth-amendment standing tribal-sovereignty uncounseled-conviction |
#1. Are (Navajo Indians)' Native American Indians U.S. citizens within the jurisdictions of 18 U.S-C.S § 1153) (Indian Country)? As reconized US. citi… |
| 18-1461 |
Dawn Marie Delebreau v. Cristina Danforth, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-05-24 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2) |
42-usc-1983 bivens civil-rights constitutional-equality domestic-dependent-nations due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction native-american-rights section-1983 sovereign-immunity territorial-jurisdiction tribal-law tribal-sovereignty |
Are tribal laws considered territorial laws under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 such that Native Americans must also have an equal § 1983 remedy when Indians are c… |
| 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… |
| 18-8791 |
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… |
| 18-8693 |
Art Larson v. Michael Hoenig, General Counsel, National Indian Gaming Commission, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2019-04-03 |
Denied |
IFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights commerce due-process gaming licensing standing state-regulation tribal-sovereignty |
I DOES PETITIONET AT LARSON, A U.S.CITITRAT WIH FEDERALLY.VFCOGNIZED INDHN. TRIBES OPEVATYNG IQRACASSIE GAMING BUSINESSES 1N 28 -NON 4ZUSLS SANKINGG V… |
| 18-1245 |
Oglala Sioux Tribe, et al. v. Lisa Fleming, in Her Official Capacity, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2019-03-26 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
abstention child-welfare civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-challenge due-process irreparable-harm parental-rights procedural-rights standing state-action tribal-sovereignty younger-abstention |
1. Whether the Eighth Circuit erred in
holding, in conflict with decisions of this Court and
three other courts of appeals , that the possibility of
f… |
| 18-8167 |
Frederick H. Banks v. United States |
Third Circuit |
2019-02-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
appeals civil-procedure civil-rights competency due-process error-correction indian-law standing tribal-sovereignty |
Did the Appals Court err in faulng to find tat "Sound Reasons Exist" for filimg tre Error Coran Nobis pedton?
Did the Appeas Courter in failing to ap… |
| 18-1081 |
Curtiss Wilson v. Horton's Towing, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
4th-amendment 5th-amendment civil-rights drug-law-enforcement drug-laws due-process forfeiture indian-law indian-tribe-authority montana-exception montana-v-united-states non-native-americans non-native-seizure tribal-jurisdiction tribal-law tribal-sovereignty vehicle-forfeiture |
1. Does an Indian Tribe have authority under the second exception of Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981), to forfeit automobiles owned by no… |
| 18-7404 |
John Laake v. Turning Stone Resort Casino |
Second Circuit |
2019-01-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP |
42-usc-1983 civil-procedure civil-rights civil-rights-violation first-amendment free-speech freedom-of-religion indian-land jurisdiction religious-freedom tribal-sovereign-immunity tribal-sovereignty |
Whether the established clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution as it pertains to Free Speech and Freedom of Religion effectiv… |
| 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… |
| 18-873 |
Casino Pauma v. National Labor Relations Board |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-08 |
Denied |
|
chevron-deference civil-rights employee-solicitation indian-gaming-regulatory-act indian-tribes labor-law labor-solicitation national-labor-relations-act republic-aviation tribal-sovereignty |
For over seventy years, the National Labor Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., was interpreted as not applying to Indian tribes according to admin… |
| 18-6986 |
Nathan Lynn Cloud v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-12-11 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment intergovernmental-agreements law-enforcement law-enforcement-agreements nevada-v-hicks service-of-process tribal-sovereignty |
Notwithstanding this Court's holding in Nevada v. Hicks, where there is a law enforcement agreement between state authorities and the tribe regarding … |
| 18-6345 |
Felix J. Bruette, Jr. v. Ryan Zinke, Secretary of the Interior |
Seventh Circuit |
2018-10-16 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
citizenship citizenship-act congressional-authority due-process indian-reorganization-act land-rights political-doctrine property-rights reservation-lands tribal-affiliation tribal-lands tribal-sovereignty |
The Stockbridge-Munsee Indian Community was created by the Department of the.Interior in 1937.,by authority of the Indian Reorganization Act., under s… |
| 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… |