No. 23-6873

Darrin Lynn Pickens v. David Buss, Warden

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-03-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: arkansas-law civil-rights-act congressional-authority criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-lands indian-territory oklahoma organic-act tribal-sovereignty
Latest Conference: 2024-04-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

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Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did Congress pass the Organic act for Oklahoma on May 2,1890, to establish State laws, or did Congress pass Certain general laws of Arkansas on May 2 1890, C.182,38 30,31) 2b Stat: 81,44,95, providing the provisions of Mansfield's Digest in chapters entitled 'Criminal laws and Criminal Procedural' shall govern Prosecutions for Crimes in Indian Territory Oklahoma?

Docket Entries

2024-04-29
Petition DENIED.
2024-04-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/26/2024.
2024-02-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 1, 2024)

Attorneys

Darrin L. Pickens
Darrin L. Lynn Pickens — Petitioner