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25-6453 Rai Martinez v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-12-30 Pending Response WaivedIFP congressional-authority criminal-jurisdiction felonies-clause foreign-nationals high-seas vessel-nationality Whether 46 U.S.C. § 70502(d)(1)(C) exceeds Congress's authority under the Felonies Clause by authorizing the United States to exercise criminal jurisd…
25-5584 Virgilio Valencia-Gamboa v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-09-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-power criminal-jurisdiction define-and-punish-clause extraterritorial-jurisdiction international-law maritime-drug-law Article I, Section 8, Clause 10 of the United States Constitution empowers Congress "[t]o define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the hig…
25-5582 Paul Curtis Pemberton v. Michael Miller, Warden Tenth Circuit 2025-09-09 Denied IFP aedpa-limitations criminal-jurisdiction false-imprisonment indian-country treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty 1. a. Whether Oklahoma Criminal Statutes May Be Enforced Against An Enrolled Member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Tribe within the Indian Country. If…
25-30 Marvin Keith Stitt v. City of Tulsa, Oklahoma Oklahoma 2025-07-09 Denied congressional-authority criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure indian-country indian-law tribal-sovereignty Whether a state may exercise criminal jurisdiction over an Indian for conduct in Indian country absent a valid congressional grant of authority.
24A1227 Victor Everette Silvers v. United States Sixth Circuit 2025-06-12 Presumed Complete beyond-reasonable-doubt criminal-jurisdiction judicial-notice jury-trial sixth-amendment special-maritime-jurisdiction Whether a court may conclusively determine through judicial notice that the government has satisfied its burden to prove an essential jurisdictional e…
24-6691 Jose Miguel Rosario-Rojas v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2025-03-04 Denied Relisted (2)IFP constitutional-power criminal-jurisdiction exclusive-economic-zone high-seas international-law maritime-law Whether Congress's Article 1, Section 8, Clause 10 power '[t]o define and punish . . . Felonies committed on the high Seas' authorizes the United Stat…
24-6533 Jon Anthony Schweder v. Arizona Arizona 2025-02-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-challenge criminal-jurisdiction double-jeopardy post-conviction-relief sexual-offense statute-of-limitations Whether a criminal defendant can challenge the jurisdiction of a trial court on constitutional grounds after failing to raise such arguments in prior …
24A426 Garry David Gallardo v. United States Fifth Circuit 2024-10-30 Presumed Complete article-iii constitutional-courts criminal-jurisdiction federal-courts jurisdiction state-courts Whether Article III of the Constitution limits Congress's power to confer criminal jurisdiction on federal courts within a state's judicial system
23-7494 Ohio, ex rel. Soleiman Mobarak v. Jeffrey M. Brown, Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Franklin County, et al. Ohio 2024-05-17 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process ex-post-facto retrospective-legislation subject-matter-jurisdiction void-for-vagueness Is it repugnant to convict a US citizen for innocent acts not criminalized by statute?
23-7210 Marqese Lynn Payne v. Janet Dowling, Warden Tenth Circuit 2024-04-12 Denied IFP civil-jurisdiction civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction indian-civil-rights-act indian-law reservation-boundaries self-governance statutory-interpretation territorial-law Did Congress pass the Organic Act of May 2, 1890, for State laws in Oklahoma, or did Congress pass the Territory Certain general laws of Arkansas (C. …
23-7183 In Re Joshua George Nowland 2024-04-10 Denied IFP appellate-review constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-procedure jurisdictional-challenge legal-standing procedural-mechanism separation-of-powers treason Whether the US Supreme Court has jurisdiction over crimes committed on its property in Washington D.C.?
23-7060 Marcus D. Ford v. David Buss, Warden Tenth Circuit 2024-03-22 Denied IFP congressional-authority criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure indian-civil-rights-act indian-territory oklahoma organic-act state-law tribal-sovereignty Did Congress establish state laws or certain general laws for Indian Territory Oklahoma?
23-6873 Darrin Lynn Pickens v. David Buss, Warden Tenth Circuit 2024-03-01 Denied IFP arkansas-law civil-rights-act congressional-authority criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-lands indian-territory oklahoma organic-act tribal-sovereignty 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 …
23-6378 Gilmer Diaz-Jaramillo v. United States First Circuit 2023-12-28 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure define-and-punish-clause due-process felony-on-high-seas foreign-nationals interlocutory-review maritime-drug-enforcement maritime-law standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether denial of a pretrial challenge to the court's subject matter jurisdiction under the Maritime Drug Enforcement Law warrants interlocutory revie…
23-6205 Jeriah Scott Budder v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-12-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-jurisdiction due-process ex-post-facto federal-prosecution indian-country major-crimes-act mcgirt-v-oklahoma self-defense Whether the Tenth Circuit contravened this Court's precedents in ruling that Petitioner was not denied due process of law — based on ex post facto pri…
23-6171 Patrick Henry Hill, II v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-12-06 Denied IFP actual-innocence criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure forensic-pathology medical-examiner medical-examiners shaken-baby-syndrome veterans veterans-jurisdiction Whether Oklahoma Courts can exercise criminal jurisdiction over veterans detained in state custody based on state medical examiners' opinions when fed…
23-5781 Troy George Skinner v. United States Fourth Circuit 2023-10-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP child-exploitation criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction foreign-conduct interstate-commerce sexual-exploitation statutory-interpretation Does 18 U.S.C. § 2251(a) apply extraterritorially to permit the prosecution of a non-U.S. citizen located in a foreign country whose conduct giving ri…
23-5725 Edward Troup v. United States Tenth Circuit 2023-10-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP antiracketeering-statute criminal-jurisdiction due-process federal-law federal-statute murder-prosecution predicate-offense racketeering state-law statute-of-limitations Does a federal antiracketeering statute reach murders committed outside a state's statute of limitations, for which the defendant could not be adjudic…
23-5641 Marvin Joe Randall v. Oregon Oregon 2023-09-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritorial-prosecution internet-activity interstate-conduct personal-jurisdiction prostitution-regulation state-jurisdiction state-regulation website-communication Can the State of Oregon regulate the conduct of an individual who is not a resident of that state and at all times relevant to the case, was never pre…
23-5601 In Re Michael Kenny Carter 2023-09-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP charging-statute circuit-split constitutional-challenge constitutional-law criminal-conduct criminal-jurisdiction interstate-activity jurisdiction jurisdictional-scope sexual-activity statutory-interpretation whether criminal-conduct-beyond-scope-of-charging-statute-is-jurisdictional-defect-or-plain-error
23-5511 Jay F. Elhage v. United States Second Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP commerce-clause congressional-power constitutional-interpretation criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process enumerated-powers federal-prosecution federalism legislative-authority state-prosecution Whether Congress has authority to criminally punish under the Commerce Clause
22-7790 Lancey Darnell Ray v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-06-15 Denied Relisted (2)IFP active-duty-service-members actual-innocence criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process forensic-pathology medical-examiners military-jurisdiction state-medical-examiners veterans Whether Oklahoma Courts can exercise criminal jurisdiction over active duty service members and dependents, and Veterans, based on opinions of state m…
22-7766 Ramon Ramirez v. United States Second Circuit 2023-06-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP appellate-jurisdiction constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure district-court federal-courts interstate-commerce jurisdiction second-circuit statutory-interpretation Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in concluding that the district court had jurisdiction based on evidence supporting the interstate c…
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
22-5910 In Re Mark Lewis 2022-10-25 Denied Relisted (2)IFP aedpa aedpa-limitations criminal-jurisdiction equal-protection federal-criminal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus major-crimes-act subject-matter-jurisdiction supremacy-clause Whether a state court acting beyond its legislated authority and without subject-matter jurisdiction in the first instance can render a judgment of co…
22-5517 Christopher Lee Cungtion, Jr. v. Iowa Iowa 2022-09-07 Denied IFP criminal-jurisdiction deferred-judgments indian-law iowa-code-1-15a jurisdictional-transfer legislative-intent meskwaki-settlement pub-l-115-301 state-prosecution Whether the State of Iowa erred by continuing to prosecute criminal offenses involving Indians on the Meskwaki Settlement during the period between Io…
22-5324 Daniel Del Brumit v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-08-09 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-protection indian-law native-american-rights res-judicata reservation-boundaries state-court state-law treaty-interpretation Does the AEDPA instruct federal courts to give full faith and credit to State Court judgments and decrees which have clearly on its face usurped exclu…
21-8008 In Re James Martin Graham 2022-06-01 Denied IFP criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process federalism fifth-amendment habeas-corpus subject-matter-jurisdiction tenth-amendment Did the indictment fail to charge an offense against the laws of the United States, because no jurisdiction has been ceded or accepted over the place …
21-1193 Oklahoma v. Robert Eric Wadkins Oklahoma 2022-03-02 Denied Relisted (6) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-law indian-status major-crimes-act statutory-interpretation tribal-membership What requirements must a criminal defendant satisfy to qualify as an 'Indian' under the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1153?
21-7257 Jimmy Dale Stone v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-03-02 Denied IFP Criminal-Jurisdiction Due-Process Fourteenth-Amendment Indian-Status native-american-rights post-conviction-relief Public-Law-83-280 Treaty-Provisions Did the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals violate Mr. Stone's Fourteenth-Amendment-right-to-Due-Process
21-7144 Robert James Grass v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-02-17 Denied IFP cherokee-status criminal-jurisdiction due-process fourteenth-amendment indian-status post-conviction-relief state-courts treaty-provisions Did the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals violate Mr. Grass' Fourteenth Amendment right to Due Process?
21-1102 Oklahoma v. Shaynna Lauren Sims Oklahoma 2022-02-08 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection federalism indian-country native-american-rights non-indian-crimes state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty Whether a state has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-7030 Darrin Lynn Pickens v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-02-01 Denied IFP constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure enabling-act federal-jurisdiction federal-land-restrictions indian-country state-enabling-act state-jurisdiction subject-matter-jurisdiction territorial-jurisdiction Does the State of Oklahoma have subject matter jurisdiction over any person who commits an offense within the boundaries of Indian Country?
21-1058 Oklahoma v. Marquise Petey White Oklahoma 2022-02-01 GVR Relisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process equal-protection indian-country non-indian-defendants public-safety state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute nonIndians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-6919 Kevin Vigil v. United States Tenth Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure evidence-of-continuous-excitement excited-utterance federal-criminal-jurisdiction federal-evidence-rule federal-rules-of-evidence hearsay-exception indian-country-status indian-law pueblo-lands-act Whether a hearsay statement may be properly admitted as an excited utterance
21-6889 Michael D. Lowery v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-01-18 Denied IFP choctaw-indians congress-authorization criminal-jurisdiction reservation treaty-of-dancing-rabbit-creek united-states Whether Article 1 of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek reserves criminal jurisdiction to the United States over crimes committed by a Choctaw Indian …
21-1009 Oklahoma v. Robert Taylor Bragg Oklahoma 2022-01-18 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process indian-country indian-law jurisdiction mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-defendants state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-959 Oklahoma v. Joshua Lee Purdom Oklahoma 2021-12-30 GVR Relisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction due-process indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian non-indian-crimes state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-960 Oklahoma v. Jessy Shay Bailey Oklahoma 2021-12-30 GVR Amici (1)Response RequestedRelisted (3) criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection indian-country mcgirt-v-oklahoma tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-914 Oklahoma v. Richard Ray Roth Oklahoma 2021-12-21 GVR Relisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-prosecution due-process indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian non-indian-defendants state-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-6673 John Beatty v. Ohio Ohio 2021-12-20 Denied IFP appellate-counsel appellate-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-jurisdiction due-process evitts-v-lucey ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel smith-v-murray strickland-standard strickland-v-washington Is the standards set forth in Smith v. Murray, 477 U.S. 527, 536 (1986) and Evitts v. Lucey, 469 U.S. 387, 396 (1985) the more appropriate test for ap…
21-868 Oklahoma v. Kevin Tyler Foster Oklahoma 2021-12-10 Denied Amici (1) criminal-appellate-review criminal-jurisdiction federal-indian-law indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
21-772 Oklahoma v. Stewart Wayne Coffman Oklahoma 2021-11-24 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (2) civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process indian-country indian-law jurisdiction mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-crimes state-prosecution tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-643 Oklahoma v. Bryce Miller Oklahoma 2021-11-02 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (2) criminal-jurisdiction due-process indian-country mcgirt-v-oklahoma native-american-rights overruling-precedent Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-5867 James Dean Kendrick v. United States Second Circuit 2021-10-04 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aiding-abetting aiding-and-abetting-liability criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure indian-reservation indian-reservations sentencing-guidelines title-21-usc title-21-usc-section-841(b)(1)(A) title-21-usc-section-848(e)(1)(A) title-21-usc-section-848(g)-(p) Can-the-Government's-alleged-motive-for-the-murder-of-a-non-Indian-committed-by-another-non-Indian-override-139-years-of-this-Court's-precedent-as-to-…
21-488 Oklahoma v. Dakota Shay Fox Oklahoma 2021-10-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled appellate-review criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law oklahoma-sovereignty oklahoma-statehood stare-decisis tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-487 Oklahoma v. David Deval Martin Oklahoma 2021-10-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law federal-indian-law jurisdictional-boundaries native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-law overruling-precedent stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
21-485 Oklahoma v. Shawn Lee McDaniel Oklahoma 2021-10-01 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (4) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-prosecution due-process equal-protection indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-defendants state-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-451 Oklahoma v. Shawn Thomas Jones Oklahoma 2021-09-23 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (4) civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction due-process indian-country mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-prosecution state-authority tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-429 Oklahoma v. Victor Manuel Castro-Huerta Oklahoma 2021-09-21 Judgment Issued Amici (22)Relisted (3) civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law due-process indian-country indian-law jurisdiction mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma non-indian-crimes state-prosecution tribal-jurisdiction Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-265 Oklahoma v. Erik Sherney Williams Oklahoma 2021-08-24 GVR Amici (1)Relisted (4) criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection indian-country mcgirt-v-oklahoma tribal-sovereignty Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country
21-255 Oklahoma v. Grant N. Jackson, IV Oklahoma 2021-08-20 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure federal-indian-law federalism McGirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-251 Oklahoma v. William Clayton Brown Oklahoma 2021-08-20 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) court-precedent criminal-appeal criminal-jurisdiction federal-indian-law indian-law judicial-review mcgirt-precedent oklahoma-jurisdiction stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
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…
21-5073 Brian Adrian Sloan v. United States Tenth Circuit 2021-07-12 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-jurisdiction equal-protection fifth-amendment indian-country major-crimes-act native-american native-american-rights racial-classification Whether United States v. Antelope, 430 U.S. 641 (1977), should be overruled
20-7900 Monique A. Lozoya v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-04-30 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP aircraft-crime airspace aviation constitutional-interpretation constitutional-law criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-prosecution trial-procedure venue venue-statute Is the airspace above a State part of that State, for purposes of the Constitution's provisions permitting venue only in the State and district where …
20-753 Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation v. Yakima County, Washington, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-12-01 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) agency-deference consent criminal-jurisdiction federal-indian-law federal-jurisdiction indian-country indian-law public-law-280 public-safety retrocession statutory-interpretation tribal-sovereignty Can the United States change the scope of its reassumption of Pub. L. 83-280 jurisdiction in Indian Country years after the reassumption became effect…
20-5203 Derrick Ivan Jim v. United States Tenth Circuit 2020-07-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment indian-country major-crimes-act native-american-rights united-states-v-antelope Whether United States v. Antelope, 430 U.S. 641 (1977), should be overruled
19-8126 Garry Wayne Wilson v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2020-03-27 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection fifth-amendment indian-law state-prosecution treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty Whether the State of Oklahoma has jurisdiction to prosecute a Cherokee Indian whose alleged crime of murder occurred within the historic and treaty-se…
19-8002 Humberto Herrera v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2020-03-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-jurisdiction federal-crime federal-offense federalism hobbs-act interstate-commerce retail-robbery stirone-v-united-states taylor-v-united-states Whether the Hobbs Act makes the robbery of any retail store that engages in interstate commerce a federal offense
19-7669 Lawrence Eliot Mattison v. Janie Deborah Willis, et al. Fourth Circuit 2020-02-13 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP 18-usc-13 38-cfr-814 38-cfr-814-560-561 concurrent-criminal-jurisdiction concurrent-jurisdiction criminal-jurisdiction federal-criminal-jurisdiction federal-enclave federal-enclave-jurisdiction jurisdiction-transfer retrocession stalking state-criminal-prosecution state-prosecution veterans-affairs Whether repeal of code of Virginia 87.1-21(1976) of jurisdiction over alleged crimes and offenses committed on federal enclave property, and acceptanc…
19-965 Kenin L. Edwards v. Michael L. Atterberry, et al. Illinois 2020-02-03 Denied Response Waived administrative-law appeal conviction criminal-jurisdiction due-process illinois-supreme-court jurisdictional-challenge sentencing Whether it is a violation of due process for the Illinois Supreme Court to abstain from addressing criminal jurisdiction over Petitioner
19-6896 Jeffrey Antonio v. United States Tenth Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP congressional-action criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure due-process federal-criminal-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-element jury-determination land-claims preliminary-finding pueblo-lands pueblo-lands-act statutory-interpretation sufficiency-of-the-evidence Whether the federal criminal jurisdiction over the Pueblo of Sandia lands was terminated by the 2005 Pueblo Lands Act Amendment
19-6084 Jair Mendoza Montoya v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-10-01 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeals-court constitutional-power criminal-jurisdiction criminal-jurisdiction-territorial-principle-extrat district-court drug-enforcement extraterritorial-effect international-waters maritime-jurisdiction nicaragua-international-waters statutory-interpretation territorial-principle Was the criminal jurisdiction of the United States based upon territorial principle, and unlawfully conferred to the U.S.A. by implication given to ex…
19-5946 Anthony Carl Spence v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-17 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process extraterritorial-application extraterritorial-jurisdiction extraterritoriality federal-sentencing foreign-conduct guidelines offense-level sentencing sentencing-guidelines Whether a federal sentencing court can enhance a defendant's offense level based on conduct occurring entirely in a foreign country and not a crime ag…
19-5463 Jesse Dean v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-08-05 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP actual-innocence aedpa-restrictions anti-terrorism-and-effective-death-penalty-act brady-v-maryland criminal-jurisdiction criminal-offense due-process federal-procedure fraud habeas-corpus jurisdiction kyles-v-whitley Whether the District Court had jurisdiction
18-9811 Eli Sloan v. United States Ninth Circuit 2019-06-27 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights criminal-jurisdiction due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction indian-law indigent-counsel native-american-rights sixth-amendment standing tribal-sovereignty uncounseled-conviction Are (Navajo Indians) Native American Indians U.S. citizens within the jurisdictions of 18 U.S.C.S § 1153 (Indian Country)?
18-9526 Jimcy McGirt v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2019-06-07 Judgment Issued Amici (13)Response RequestedRelisted (11)IFP criminal-jurisdiction criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction habeas-corpus indian-country indian-major-crimes-act major-crimes-act state-jurisdiction state-law Whether Oklahoma courts can continue to unlawfully exercise criminal jurisdiction over Indians accused of major crimes in Indian Country
18-8801 Patrick Joseph Terry v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2019-04-11 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (11)IFP 18-usc-1151 criminal-jurisdiction federal-jurisdiction federal-law indian-country indian-reservation indian-territory treaty treaty-boundaries tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether the boundaries established in the Treaty of February 23, 1867, for the Eight (8) Tribes within the former Indian Territory of northeastern Okl…
18-8791 Danny D. Bissonette v. Robert Dooley, Warden, et al. Eighth Circuit 2019-04-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-jurisdiction double-jeopardy due-process federal-habeas federal-indian-law habeas-corpus indian-law prosecutorial-jurisdiction state-sovereignty treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty Did the state court err in failing to set aside the conviction of a federally recognized tribal member living in Indian country?
18-948 In Re Grand Jury Subpoena District of Columbia 2019-01-22 Denied Relisted (4) 18-usc-3231 28-usc-1330 28-usc-1604 contempt-sanctions criminal-jurisdiction foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity fsia jurisdictional-exceptions sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction Does the FSIA grant foreign states sovereign immunity from American criminal jurisdiction?
18-6311 Winston Ray Walters v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2018-10-12 Denied IFP congress congressional-disestablishment criminal-jurisdiction criminal-law criminal-prosecution disestablishment federal-jurisdiction federal-law habeas-corpus indian-reservation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-member tribal-membership Whether Congress has disestablished the reservation of the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Nation in Oklahoma