No. 19-6428

Keith Elmo Davis v. Oklahoma

Lower Court: Oklahoma
Docketed: 2019-11-01
Status: GVR
Type: IFP
Response RequestedRelisted (3)IFP
Tags: 18-usc-1151 choctaw-nation congressional-act dependent-indian-community diminishment disestablishment extinguishment indian-country jurisdiction jurisdictional-boundaries oklahoma reservation reservation-status statutory-interpretation
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Latest Conference: 2020-07-08 (distributed 3 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Choctaw Nation's 10,864 square miles located in the south-eastern part of the state of Oklahoma constituted a reservation under 18 USCA 1151 within its modern-day jurisdictional boundaries that's never been diminished, extinguished, disestablished, by any act of Congress, is Indian Country USA-today?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED WHETHER THE CHOCTAW NATIONS 10,864 SQUARE MILES LOCATED IN SOUTH-EASTERN PART OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA CONSTITUTED A RESERVATION UNDER 18 USCA 1151 WITHIN ITS MODERN-DAY JUIRSDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES THATS NEVER BEEN DIMINISHED, EXTINGUISHED, DISESTABLISHED, BY ANY ACT OF CONGRESS, IS INDIAN COUNTRY USA-TODAY ? WHETHER THE CHOCTAW NATION IS INDIAN COUNTRY DEFINED DEPENDENT INDIAN COMMUNITY ? ii

Docket Entries

2020-08-10
MANDATE ISSUED.
2020-08-10
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2020-07-09
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of <i>McGirt</i> v. <i>Oklahoma</i>, 591 U. S. ___ (2020).
2020-07-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 7/8/2020.
2020-03-09
Reply of petitioner Keith Elmo Davis filed. (Distributed)
2020-02-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2020.
2020-02-12
Brief of respondent Oklahoma in opposition filed.
2019-12-31
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 12, 2020.
2019-12-30
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 13, 2020 to February 12, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-12-13
Response Requested. (Due January 13, 2020)
2019-12-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-10-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 2, 2019)

Attorneys

Keith Elmo Davis
Keith Elmo Davis — Petitioner
Keith Elmo Davis — Petitioner
Oklahoma
Mithun MansinghaniSolicitor General, Respondent
Mithun MansinghaniSolicitor General, Respondent