No. 21-7439

Curtis Henry Johnson v. Paul Benton

Lower Court: Mississippi
Docketed: 2022-03-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: article-1-section-8 constitution constitutional-interpretation indian-affairs land-occupancy plenary-powers state-court-jurisdiction state-courts treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty
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Latest Conference: 2022-05-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution authorizes or allows state courts to deal with Indian affairs regarding reserved Treaty rights?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

questions presented here are: 1. Whether Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution authorizes or altows state courts to deal with Indians affairs regarding reserved Treaty rights? 2. Whether reserved rights attached to the 1790 Treaty with the Creeks and the 1832 Treaty with the Creeks allow state courts to convict Indians for trespass while occupying their ancestral lands for nearly 200 legally documented years? 3. Whether Article 6, Clause 2, of the United States Constitution inhibits state laws from applying to Indians in Indian country?

Docket Entries

2022-05-23
Petition DENIED.
2022-05-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/19/2022.
2022-03-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 22, 2022)

Attorneys

Curtis Johnson
Curtis Henry Johnson — Petitioner
Curtis Henry Johnson — Petitioner