No. 18-9811

Eli Sloan v. United States

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-06-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction indian-law indigent-counsel native-american-rights sixth-amendment standing tribal-sovereignty uncounseled-conviction
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Are (Navajo Indians) Native American Indians U.S. citizens within the jurisdictions of 18 U.S.C.S § 1153 (Indian Country)?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED . y#l. Are (Navajo Indians)" Native American Indians U.S. citizens | within the jurisdictions of 18 U.sS.c.S § 11532 (Indian Country)? ; ite yes, As veconized U.S. citizens, are Indians afforded bhe~samne i? Fequal protection as all U S. citizens under the 0.8. Constitution “amendments; Specificly, on Sixth Amendment premises? . ae #2. Who is the Supreme Law of the land in reguard to full scope . ‘of protections under the Sixth Amendment; in requards to appoint— ‘ment of counsel to indigent defendants? The united States “supreme Court, Or: The Navajo Nation Supreme Court. . #30 Would uncounseled convictions (misdemeanors or Felonys) [originating from 18 U.sS.c.S. § £153: be inadmissable under Fed. R. : lof Crim: P. Rules 401, 402, 403 and/or otherwise considered . federal jurisdiction prosecutions? If yes: would uncounslee os , : . [convictions be inadmissable the same within p.S.t. reports? if 7 yes, be inadmissable in criminal history points that.increase _ : | category and/or level in sentencing guide-lines charts? If yes, ne inadmissable to as upward points:toe increase sentencing. guide : levels? with clear finding of any of the use of these above desleribed uncounseled convictions, in any of the proceeding, shall ; ; ; Ait warrant, a new trail and/or new sentencing? And/or-under a questions #1, #2, #3 ? Under Standards of Strickland ¥oo “Washington, 446 U.S. 668, 80 L. Ed. 24 674, 104 S. Ct. 2052 (1984) . (27 Timier Gideon V. Wainwright, 372 U-S. 335, 9 be Ba. 2d 799, 83 7 , , ‘s. Ct. 792, 93 ALR2d 733 (1963)?;0Urder Powell v¥. Alabama, 77 be ‘Bd. 158, 287.U.S-.(1932)?; Under the unconstitional SILVER © | PLATTER DOCTRINE, in Elkins v. United States, 4 L. Ed. 2d 1669, : 364 U.S. 206 (1960)22 treatys? |

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-05-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 29, 2019)

Attorneys

Eli Sloan
Eli Sloan — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent