| 25-5562 |
Brian Dale Dubuc v. First National Bank of Okmulgee, et al. |
Oklahoma |
2025-09-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
cherokee-nation due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction land-allotment treaty-rights |
Whether Registered Cherokee Nation members were deprived of lands, rights, and equity without due process and equal protection under treaties and cons… |
| 22-7718 |
Donnell Bledsoe v. Pearlie Townes |
California |
2023-06-06 |
Dismissed |
IFP |
cherokee-nation civil-rights constitutional-provisions constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process eastern-state-court jurisdiction life-sentence second-generation-offender sovereign-immunity |
Question not identified |
| 22-6796 |
Marty Allen Owens v. Rick Whitten, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2023-02-16 |
Denied |
IFP |
cherokee-nation constitutional-rights double-jeopardy due-process major-crimes-act mcgirt-decision subject-matter-jurisdiction tribal-membership |
Did the McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) decision embrace the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. §1153(a), to the Territory of the State Of Oklahoma… |
| 22-6458 |
Brian L. Melson v. Oklahoma |
Oklahoma |
2023-01-05 |
Denied |
IFP |
cherokee-nation criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction indian-law major-crimes-act native-american-rights reservation-status tribal-sovereignty united-states-constitution |
Whether the State of Oklahoma has the authority to prosecute crimes committed by or against Indians in the Cherokee Reservation |
| 21-5119 |
Billy Wolfe v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction |
Arkansas |
2021-07-15 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cherokee-nation criminal-jurisdiction extradition extradition-law federal-jurisdiction indian-law state-criminal-law state-jurisdiction treaty-interpretation treaty-rights |
Whether the provisions of treaties between the Cherokee Nation and the United States reserve jurisdiction for crimes committed by a Cherokee Nation ci… |
| 20-8455 |
April Ledford v. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians |
Fourth Circuit |
2021-06-30 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
cherokee-nation civil-rights due-process habeas-corpus indian-civil-rights-act judicial-review property-rights standing tribal-court tribal-remedies |
Do 11 men and women have the right to change a will deemed valid by The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCD and by the State of North Carolina, res… |