No. 21-5119

Billy Wolfe v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction

Lower Court: Arkansas
Docketed: 2021-07-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: cherokee-nation criminal-jurisdiction extradition extradition-law federal-jurisdiction indian-law state-criminal-law state-jurisdiction treaty-interpretation treaty-rights
Key Terms:
Immigration
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the provisions of treaties between the Cherokee Nation and the United States reserve jurisdiction for crimes committed by a Cherokee Nation citizen to tribe or federal government, excluding State criminal jurisdiction?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : a ; ;

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-08-02
Waiver of right of respondent Dexter Payne to respond filed.
2021-05-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 16, 2021)

Attorneys

Billy Wolfe
Billy Wolfe — Petitioner
Billy Wolfe — Petitioner
Dexter Payne
Nicholas Jacob BronniSolicitor General of Arkansas, Respondent
Nicholas Jacob BronniSolicitor General of Arkansas, Respondent