| 25A838 |
United States v. Jason Robert Hopson |
Tenth Circuit |
2026-01-21 |
Application |
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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 |
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equal-protection fifth-amendment indian-definition major-crimes-act race-classification tribal-enrollment |
Whether the Major Crimes Act's definition of 'Indian' violates the Fifth Amendment's equal protection guarantee by impermissibly relying on racial cla… |
| 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 |
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 In… |
| 23-6728 |
In Re Kimberlee Pitawanakwat |
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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 |
Was the Oklahoma court's decision to approve reinstating Ms. Tiger's convictions based on such a novel and unforeseeable change in state procedural la… |
| 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 |
| 22-5910 |
In Re Mark Lewis |
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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… |
| 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 |
Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma applies to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes for Major Crimes Act purposes |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 20-87 |
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 |
Whether Indian status under the Major Crimes Act is 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 |
| 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 (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 |
| 18-6098 |
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 |
Whether the Supreme Court clearly established the prospective decisions that Seminole Country written in Congress Organic Act invokes the Major Crimes… |