major-crimes-act
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-1039 | United States v. Jason Robert Hopson | Tenth Circuit | 2026-03-04 | Pending | federal-criminal-procedure felony-assault indian-country jury-instruction lesser-included-offense major-crimes-act | Whether respondents—Indians charged with felony assault in Indian country under the Major Crimes Act in violation of 18 U.S.C. 113(a)(6) and (8) and 1… | |
| 25A838 | United States v. Jason Robert Hopson | Tenth Circuit | 2026-01-21 | Application | felony-assault indian-country jury-instruction lesser-included-offense major-crimes-act subject-matter-jurisdiction | Question not identified. | |
| 24A167 | Bryan C. O'Rourke v. Carrie Bridges, Warden | Oklahoma | 2024-08-12 | Presumed Complete | equal-protection fifth-amendment indian-definition major-crimes-act race-classification tribal-enrollment | Question not identified. | |
| 23-7220 | Luke John Scott, Sr. v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-04-15 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 18-usc-1153 congressional-amendment federal-jurisdiction felony-assault indian-country major-crimes-act minor statutory-interpretation | Does the federal government have jurisdiction to prosecute a state felony assault on a minor under the Major Crimes Act (MCA), after Congress amended … |
| 23-6798 | Qaya Mikel Gordon v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2024-02-21 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | congressional-power constitutional-authority due-process indian-affairs major-crimes-act native-nations tribal-sovereignty trust-obligations | 1. Whether Congress exceeded its authority under the Constitution by enacting the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. §1153, as applied to crimes committed by… |
| 23-6728 | In Re Kimberlee Pitawanakwat | 2024-02-13 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction general-crimes-act indian-rights major-crimes-act stare-decisis supremacy-clause treaty-interpretation treaty-of-fort-laramie | Does it violate the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) and the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution to subject Indians to stand federal trial… | |
| 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… |
| 23-5119 | Nawllah Shayanne Tiger v. Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 2023-07-17 | Denied | Response RequestedRelisted (2)IFP | federal-jurisdiction law-of-the-case major-crimes-act mcgirt-precedent mcgirt-v-oklahoma postconviction-relief retroactivity state-procedural-law subject-matter-jurisdiction tribal-jurisdiction | 1. Was the Oklahoma court's decision to approve reinstating Ms. Tiger's convictions based on such a novel and unforeseeable change in state procedural… |
| 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, include within, annex to, the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. §1153(a), to the Territ… |
| 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 | "Mr. Melson respectfully ask "'- Did Congress ever disestablish the Cherokee Nation and/or Reservation as a sovereign nation, [within the State of Okl… |
| 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 | 1. Whether a state court acting beyond its legislated authority - and without subject-matter jurisdiction in the first instance - can render a judgmen… | |
| 21-1214 | Oklahoma v. Emmitt G. Sam | Oklahoma | 2022-03-07 | Denied | Relisted (6) | 18-usc-1153 criminal-defendant federal-jurisdiction indian indian-status major-crimes-act statutory-interpretation tribal-law | What requirements must a criminal defendant satisfy to qualify as an "Indian" under the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1153? |
| 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? |
| 21-7217 | Thomas Allen Twobabies v. Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 2022-02-25 | Denied | IFP | criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction major-crimes-act mcgirt-decision montgomery-v-louisiana native-american-law oklahoma-court-of-criminal-appeals retroactivity schriro-v-summerlin supreme-court-precedent tribal-jurisdiction | 1. WHETHER THIS COURT'S DECISION IN MCGIRT V. OKLAHOMA APPLIES TO THE CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO TRIBES FOR MAJOR CRIMES ACT PURPOSES. 2. WHETHER THE OKLAH… |
| 21-6848 | Juan Manuel Lopez v. Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 2022-01-13 | Denied | IFP | criminal-procedure equal-protection equal-protection-clause federal-major-crimes-act judicial-interpretation major-crimes-act mcgirt-v-oklahoma native-american-rights new-rule subject-matter-jurisdiction | Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), announced a new rule of criminal procedure. Whether the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals' indepe… |
| 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 because the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1153—which transforms certain ac… |
| 20-87 | George Lee Nobles v. North Carolina | North Carolina | 2020-07-29 | Denied | Response Waived | criminal-law due-process federal-jurisdiction indian-law indian-status jury-determination jury-instructions major-crimes-act statutory-interpretation | I. How does one determine whether a defendant is an Indian? II. Is Indian status a jury question? |
| 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 because the Major Crimes Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1153—which transforms certain ac… |
| 19-8079 | Mark Steven Elk Shoulder v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2020-03-23 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | federal-jurisdiction major-crimes-act nondelegation-doctrine retroactive-application retroactivity sex-offender-registration special-relationship statutory-interpretation | Whether SORNA can be applied, retroactively, through the Wetterling Act, to a defendant whose underlying sex offense conviction was prosecuted under t… |
| 19-5744 | Johnny Ellery Smith v. United States | Ninth Circuit | 2019-08-30 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | assimilative-crimes-act criminal-procedure criminal-prosecution federal-jurisdiction indian-country indian-law major-crimes-act state-law tribal-sovereignty | Did the federal government's prosecution of an Indian for violation of state law in Indian country violate federal statutes and tribal sovereignty ret… |
| 18-9526 | Jimcy McGirt v. Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 2019-06-07 | Judgment Issued | Amici (13)Response RequestedRelisted (10)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, UNDER STATE LAW, CRIMINAL JURISDICTION AS"JUSTICIABLE MATTER" IN INDIAN COUNTRY OVER INDI… |
| 18-6098 | Joe Johnson, Jr. v. Oklahoma | Oklahoma | 2018-09-25 | GVR | Response RequestedRelisted (5)IFP | criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction federal-subject-matter-jurisdiction indian-country indian-law major-crimes-act organic-act prospective-decisions seminole-country seminole-tribe state-waiver-rule subject-matter-jurisdiction | Q. WHETHER THE SUPREME COURT CLEARLY ESTABLISHED THE PROSPECTIVE DECISIONS THAT SEMINOLE COUNTRY WRITTEN IN CONGRESS ORGANIC ACT INVOKES THE MAJOR CRI… |