No. 21-5073
Brian Adrian Sloan v. United States
Tags: criminal-jurisdiction equal-protection fifth-amendment indian-country major-crimes-act native-american native-american-rights racial-classification
Key Terms:
DueProcess
DueProcess
Latest Conference:
2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether United States v. Antelope, 430 U.S. 641 (1977), should be overruled
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether United States v. Antelope, 430 U.S. 641 (1977), should be overruled because the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1153—which transforms certain acts committed in “Indian Country” into federal crimes only where the defendant is an “Indian”—denies those of Native American descent the equal protection of the law in violation of the Fifth Amendment? i
Docket Entries
2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-07-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-07-16
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2021-07-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 11, 2021)
Attorneys
Brian Sloan
John Carl Arceci — Office of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States of America
Brian H. Fletcher — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent