cherokee-nation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
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…