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24-6570 Andrew Jeffery Helmin v. Yuemin Xu Minnesota 2025-02-14 Denied Relisted (2)IFP child-custody constitutional-law due-process equal-protection icwa-principles native-american-rights Did the Minnesota courts violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses by prioritizing Respondent's cultural background …
24A269 Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior, et al. District of Columbia 2024-09-17 Presumed Complete administrative-law agency-discretion indian-lands native-american-rights statutory-interpretation trust-acquisition Whether the Department of the Interior exceeded its statutory authority by refusing to take land into trust for a Native American tribe when the land …
24-291 Apache Stronghold v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-09-13 Denied Amici (15)Relisted (18) free-exercise-clause government-action native-american-rights religious-exercise religious-freedom-restoration-act sacred-site Whether the government 'substantially burdens' religious exercise under RFRA, or must satisfy heightened scrutiny under the Free Exercise Clause, when…
24A110 Apache Stronghold v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-30 Presumed Complete free-exercise government-property native-american-rights religious-burden rfra sacred-site Whether the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and Free Exercise Clause protect Native American religious sites from government-authorized destr…
23-7744 In Re William F. Laffoon 2024-06-18 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process equal-protection jurisdiction mcgirt-ruling native-american native-american-rights reservation-law retroactivity tribal-jurisdiction Question not identified.
23-6926 Pidy T. Tiger v. Tommy Williams, Warden Tenth Circuit 2024-03-07 Denied IFP constitutional-precedent federal-indian-law federal-jurisdiction federal-law indian-law jurisdictional-dispute native-american-rights statutory-interpretation treaty-abrogation treaty-interpretation tribal-sovereignty Can the Kansas Act 18 U.S.C. 3243 be read to abrogate the Creek Nation Treaty of 1856?
22-6814 Juan M. Vazquez-Pedrosa v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2023-02-17 Denied IFP federal-indian-law federal-land-policy indian-land jurisdictional-dispute land-rights native-american-rights native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-statehood property-transfer statutory-interpretation treaty tribal-jurisdiction Whether the Tnoah Lands Ceded to the United States by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Creating the Oklahoma Territory Prior to Statehood of November 16, 1…
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
22-321 Wilbur Slockish, et al. v. Department of Transportation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-10-05 Dismissed Amici (2) equitable-relief federal-courts federal-land mootness mootness-doctrine native-american-rights nonparties religious-freedom religious-freedom-restoration-act sacred-site sacred-site-preservation Whether the Ninth Circuit's mootness ruling warrants summary reversal
22-5396 Timothy J. Hill v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-08-19 Denied IFP criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indian-law mcgirt-case native-american-rights oklahoma-jurisdiction procedural-rule retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule supreme-court-ruling Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), is a Substantive ruling or a Procedural ruling
22-5367 Derrick Lee Hinton v. United States Ninth Circuit 2022-08-17 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-interpretation federal-jurisdiction federal-power first-amendment free-speech government-criticism judicial-review legal-precedent native-american-rights sovereignty-doctrine tribal-sovereignty Whether the federal government's reliance on the tribal sovereignty doctrine violates the First Amendment's Free Speech Clause by restricting criticis…
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…
22-5224 In Re Alfred Lane-Bey 2022-07-29 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-law due-process habeas-corpus human-rights jurisdictional-challenge moorish-american native-american-rights sovereign-citizen sovereign-immunity standing Whether this Court should use its power to grant a writ of habeas corpus to a Moorish American sovereign man who was convicted without subject matter …
22-51 Department of the Interior, et al. v. Navajo Nation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-07-19 Judgment Issued Relisted (2) federal-fiduciary-duty federal-government-duty fiduciary-duty judicial-enforcement native-american-law native-american-rights navajo-nation sovereign-obligations treaty-interpretation treaty-rights water-rights Whether the federal government owes the Navajo Nation an affirmative, judicially enforceable fiduciary duty to assess and address the Navajo Nation's …
21-7857 Richard Dwayne Blalock v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-05-12 Denied IFP criminal-law criminal-procedure indian-law jurisdiction mcgirt-case native-american-rights procedural-rule retroactivity statutory-interpretation substantive-rule tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), is a Substantive ruling or a Procedural ruling
21-7675 Jason Leon Cruse v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-04-21 Denied IFP criminal-conviction criminal-procedure due-process federal-structure habeas-corpus mcgirt-retroactivity native-american-rights retroactivity tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) applies retroactively to convictions that were final when it was decided?
21-7379 Patrick Joseph Terry v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-03-16 Denied IFP civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process ex-post-facto native-american native-american-rights post-conviction-proceedings procedural-bar standing state-court-review terry-v-oklahoma Did the State of Oklahoma's refusal to provide the relief directed by this Court in Terry v Oklahoma, 141 S, Ct. 191 (2020), rise to the level of a Co…
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
21-7251 Major Hudson, III v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2022-03-02 Denied IFP civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-sovereignty indian-law land-title native-american-rights standing subject-matter-jurisdiction tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether Oklahoma Court's can continue to unlawfully exercise under state law criminal jurisdiction over the lands formerly known as the Unassigned Lan…
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
21-6927 Rickey Ray Wallgren, Jr. v. Rick Whitten, Warden Tenth Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied Relisted (2)IFP allotment general-allotment-act indian-law indian-treaty jurisdiction jurisdictional-boundaries native-american-rights reservation reservation-status treaty-interpretation treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty Does text and meaning of Article (3) Treaty of February 27 1867 15 Stat. 53] between United States and Potawatomi Tribe of Indians remain valid
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
21-985 Oklahoma v. Gage Christopher J. Shriver Oklahoma 2022-01-11 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indian-law jurisdictional-challenge McGirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
21-840 United States v. Aaron M. Frey, Attorney General of Maine, et al. First Circuit 2021-12-07 Denied Amici (1) indian-reservation land-claims maine-indian-claims-settlement-act native-american-rights natural-resources penobscot-nation settlement-act statutory-interpretation territorial-jurisdiction tribal-rights tribal-sovereignty Whether the Penobscot Indian Reservation includes the surrounding River
21-798 Oklahoma v. Stephen Tanner Vineyard Oklahoma 2021-11-30 Denied Amici (1) criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-jurisdiction indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
21-773 Oklahoma v. Harold Denton McCurtain Oklahoma 2021-11-24 Denied Amici (1) criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-indian-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
21-734 Oklahoma v. Justin Dale Little Oklahoma 2021-11-17 Denied Amici (1) criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-indian-law federalism jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-rights native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-704 Oklahoma v. Samantha Ann Perales Oklahoma 2021-11-15 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (2) 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law oklahoma-sovereignty overruling-precedent precedent-review stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-644 Oklahoma v. Floyd Joseph Ball, Jr. Oklahoma 2021-11-02 Denied Amici (1) criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-state-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
21-646 Oklahoma v. Dameon Lamar Leathers Oklahoma 2021-11-02 Denied Amici (1) 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled court-of-criminal-appeals criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure due-process federalism jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law oklahoma-jurisdiction precedent-challenge stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-645 Oklahoma v. Chandler Kyle Ned Oklahoma 2021-11-02 Denied Amici (1) appellate-review criminal-law federal-jurisdiction indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
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
21-487 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
21-486 Oklahoma v. Dakota James Alleyn Shriver Oklahoma 2021-10-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-jurisdiction native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-law oklahoma-sovereignty precedent-review stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
21-373 Oklahoma v. Joses Ric-E Beck Oklahoma 2021-09-08 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge McGirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-371 Oklahoma v. Jeffery Arch Jones Oklahoma 2021-09-08 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process federalism judicial-review McGirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-370 Oklahoma v. Travis Dray Stewart Oklahoma 2021-09-08 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indian-law judicial-review McGirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
21-369 Oklahoma v. Bea Ann Epperson Oklahoma 2021-09-08 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law overruling-precedent stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-326 Oklahoma v. Devin Warren Sizemore Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge McGirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
21-323 Oklahoma v. Michael Eugene Spears Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled criminal-appellate-review criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights native-american-sovereignty oklahoma-criminal-law oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-322 Oklahoma v. Joseph Harjo Oklahoma 2021-09-01 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-appellate-review criminal-law federal-jurisdiction jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis state-sovereignty statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-259 Oklahoma v. Arnold Dean Howell Oklahoma 2021-08-23 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-law criminal-procedure federal-jurisdiction indian-law judicial-review McGirt-precedent native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis state-jurisdiction statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-257 Oklahoma v. Jimmie Dewayne Starr Oklahoma 2021-08-23 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020) should be overruled criminal-appellate-procedure criminal-procedure federal-indian-law jurisdictional-challenge mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-258 Oklahoma v. Donta Keith Davis Oklahoma 2021-08-23 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4) criminal-procedure due-process federalism mcgirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-criminal-law stare-decisis statutory-interpretation supreme-court-review tribal-jurisdiction Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
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
21-254 Oklahoma v. Jordan Batice Mitchell Oklahoma 2021-08-20 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-procedure federalism judicial-review McGirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty stare-decisis statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma should be overruled
21-253 Oklahoma v. Christopher Jason Hathcoat Oklahoma 2021-08-20 Denied Amici (1)Relisted (3) criminal-procedure federal-indian-law judicial-review jurisdiction McGirt-precedent native-american-law native-american-rights oklahoma-sovereignty statutory-interpretation tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled
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
20-1388 Alice Perkins, et vir v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Second Circuit 2021-04-06 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) 1842-treaty canandaigua-treaty federal-income-tax federal-tax-law income-taxation internal-revenue-code native-american-rights seneca-nation treaty-interpretation treaty-obligations Whether the income derived from the sale of sand and gravel, mined from treaty-protected land by an enrolled member of the Seneca Nation of Indians, i…
20-6593 Dustin Lee MacLeod v. William Moritz, et al. Sixth Circuit 2020-12-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitutional-law constitutional-provisions federal-indian-law federal-jurisdiction indian-treaty legal-interpretation native-american-rights supreme-law supreme-law-of-the-land treaty-rights Is an 'Indian Treaty' the Supreme Law of the Land?
20-493 Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, et al. v. Texas Fifth Circuit 2020-10-15 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (5)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (5) cabazon-band federal-restoration-act gaming gaming-regulation indian-tribes legislative-interpretation native-american-rights regulatory-jurisdiction restoration-act state-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty ysleta-del-sur-pueblo Whether the Restoration Act provides the Pueblo with sovereign authority to regulate non-prohibited gaming activities on its lands (including bingo), …
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
19-477 Arletta J. Kurowski v. Estate of Kenneth H. Kurowski, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-10-10 Denied collateral-estoppel court-of-competent-jurisdiction due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-rights full-and-fair-opportunity-to-litigate judicial-competency native-american-rights tribal-court-exhaustion tribal-court-jurisdiction Upon tribal court exhaustion must District Courts perform a threshold inquiry to protect the Indian Petitioners' federal 25 U.S.C. § 1302 rights?
19-5417 Travis Wayne Bentley v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2019-07-31 GVR Response RequestedRelisted (3)IFP appeals civil-procedure criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process federal-courts federal-jurisdiction indian-law jurisdiction native-american-rights standing Whether the state court had jurisdiction to convict the petitioner under the Major Crimes Act
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)?
18-1461 Dawn Marie Delebreau v. Cristina Danforth, et al. Seventh Circuit 2019-05-24 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 42-usc-1983 bivens civil-rights constitutional-equality domestic-dependent-nations due-process equal-protection federal-jurisdiction native-american-rights section-1983 sovereign-immunity territorial-jurisdiction tribal-law tribal-sovereignty Are tribal laws considered territorial laws under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 such that Native Americans must also have an equal § 1983 remedy when Indians are c…
18-8412 Lamar Perryman v. Georgia, et al. Georgia 2019-03-15 Denied Response WaivedIFP 11th-amendment cherokee-nation-v-georgia civil-rights constitutional-interpretation eleventh-amendment johnson-v-mcintosh native-american-rights non-intercourse-act sovereign-immunity treaty-law worcester-v-georgia Does Title 25 U.S.C. Section 177 (Non-Intercourse Act) and this Court's decisions abrogate Georgia's sovereign immunity and Eleventh Amendment immunit…
18-8343 Jose Luis Mattes Baez Carmona Lopez Cordero v. Connecticut Department of Correction, et al. Second Circuit 2019-03-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP constitution constitutional-law cruel-and-unusual-punishment due-process eighth-amendment equal-protection native-american-rights native-rights treaty-rights Did the lower court breach any treaties between the native Taino Indian tribe and the Government of the United States of America, pursuant to Article …
18-297 Eric White, et al. v. Barbara D. Underwood, Attorney General of New York, et al. New York 2018-09-07 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived canons-of-construction federal-indian-law indian-law indian-rights indian-treaty-rights native-american-rights new-york-indians seneca-nation sovereign-immunity state-taxation statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent tax-assessment treaty-interpretation tribal-sovereignty Does New York's assessment and collection of taxes within the Seneca Nation of Indians violate the treaty rights of the Seneca Nation?