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25-5594 In Re Brian D. Dubuc 2025-09-10 Denied IFP due-process equal-protection non-discretionary-mandate reservation-lands treaty-rights tribal-jurisdiction 1) Weather the Non Discretionary mandate of the state supreme court Can be refused execution by the state trial court or restrict removal to tribal …
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…
25-5562 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 1) Whether Registered members of Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory were Deprived of lands, business, rights , and equity's without due process, eq…
25-165 Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-08-12 Denied Response Waived district-court equitable-relief inherent-power injunctive-standards treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty Whether a district court has "inherent equitable power" to enter a coercive "decree" restricting an Indian tribe's treaty rights without its consent a…
24A1171 Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians v. Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2025-05-30 Presumed Complete fishing-decree inherent-equitable-powers sixth-circuit treaty-of-1836 treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty Whether a federal district court may use its inherent equitable powers to approve a negotiated fishing decree that diminishes a tribal nation's treaty…
24-7125 Melaine R. Wilson v. Department of Interior, et al. Eighth Circuit 2025-05-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP bureau-of-indian-affairs federal-trust-obligations indian-trust-lands land-transfer treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty Will the Department of Interior begin Negotiations with the Oglala Sioux Tribe President on Remedies for Pine Ridge Indian Reservation land transfers …
23-7012 Michael Deangelo Lowery v. Oklahoma Oklahoma 2024-03-18 Denied IFP civil-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-review habeas-corpus judicial-procedure morris-defendant post-conviction-relief procedural-barriers standing treaty-rights Whether Oklahoma's Post-Conviction Procedure Act is adequate
23-6654 Lancey Darnell Ray v. Terry Quisenberry, et al. Tenth Circuit 2024-02-02 Denied IFP civil-rights comanche-tribe due-process federal-jurisdiction federal-recognition legal-liability pro-se-litigant pro-se-litigation treaty-interpretation treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty Whether an enrolled member of the Comanche Tribe is liable for wrongs under a treaty
23-5715 Taquan Rahshe Gullett-El v. Internal Revenue Service, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2023-10-05 Dismissed Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights constitutional-interpretation consular-jurisdiction federal-rules-of-evidence judicial-notice national-identity sovereign-status standing state-law treaty-rights Whether the petitioner has standing to challenge the court's judicial notice of certain facts under Federal Rule of Evidence 201 and Florida Statute §…
22-796 Johnny Ellery Smith v. United States Ninth Circuit 2023-02-22 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived assimilative-crimes-act federal-prosecution general-crimes-act indian-country state-law-offenses treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty Whether the Assimilative Crimes Act applies to Indian country
22-6607 Billy Joe Wolfe, Jr. v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction Eighth Circuit 2023-01-23 Denied Response WaivedIFP aedpa congress-power congressional-power constitutional-law due-process federal-courts indian-affairs subject-matter-jurisdiction treaty-interpretation treaty-rights Whether the time of filing limitations of Antiterrorism Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) were intended by Congress to prevent consideration of lack…
22-5616 In Re Deonte Jenkins 2022-09-20 Denied IFP 13th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-violation due-process fourteenth-amendment habeas-corpus jurisdiction jurisdictional-claim political-hostage sovereign-rights treaty-rights Whether the petitioner's claims of unconstitutional and unlawful detention by the Commonwealth of Virginia violate his constitutional rights under the…
22-151 Lasean Dejong Houston v. Estate of Lasean Dejong Houston, et al. Sixth Circuit 2022-08-17 Denied barbary-treaties civil-rights constitutional-interpretation due-process equitable-claims fiduciary-duty fiduciary-relations indigenous-status standing treaty treaty-rights trust Whether petitioners' equitable primary rights are destroyed by denying their status as Moors, Americas' aboriginal Illinoisan nationals and subjects o…
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 …
21-1293 John Albert Scudero, Jr. v. Alaska Alaska 2022-03-25 Denied Response Waived aboriginal-rights congressional-legislation conservation-necessity fishing-permits limited-entry-permits native-fishing-rights presidential-proclamation state-regulation treaty-rights Can the State of Alaska prohibit Alaska Native members from harvesting fish in their traditional waters?
21-7439 Curtis Henry Johnson v. Paul Benton Mississippi 2022-03-23 Denied IFP article-1-section-8 constitution constitutional-interpretation indian-affairs land-occupancy plenary-powers state-court-jurisdiction state-courts treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty Whether Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution authorizes or allows state courts to deal with Indian affairs regarding reserved Treaty…
21-7098 Thomas G. Landreth v. United States, et al. Ninth Circuit 2022-02-10 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP civil-rights indian-law land-use navigable-waters property-rights redress-of-grievances sovereign-immunity treaty-interpretation treaty-rights tribal-sovereignty Whether 25 U.S.C. @ 1302 preserves the sovereign immunity claimed by the Quinault Indian Tribe/Nation
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
21-913 Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, et al. v. Lummi Nation, et al. Ninth Circuit 2021-12-21 Denied Response Waived federal-indian-law fishing-rights geographic-boundaries maritime-boundaries native-american-law ninth-circuit treaty-interpretation treaty-precedent treaty-rights tribal-rights Whether the Ninth Circuit properly abrogated the long-settled and original understanding of the treaty term 'usual and accustomed grounds and stations…
21-769 Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians v. Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-11-23 Denied Amici (1) allotment congressional-intent federal-reservation indian-land-rights indian-law sixth-circuit-ruling statutory-interpretation superintendence treaty-interpretation treaty-of-detroit treaty-rights Whether the 1855 Treaty of Detroit established a federal reservation for the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians?
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…
20-1485 JoEllen Mary Crossett v. Emmet County, Michigan, et al. Sixth Circuit 2021-04-22 Denied civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process federal-jurisdiction immunity-defense indian-law indian-reservation malicious-prosecution treaty-interpretation treaty-rights tribal-jurisdiction tribal-sovereignty Is Ms. Crossett on Indian-land, reservation-established, jurisdiction, treaty-rights, tribal-sovereignty, federal-jurisdiction
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?
20-195 Muckleshoot Indian Tribe v. Tulalip Tribes, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-08-20 Denied Response Waived d-c-circuit indian-tribes judicial-decree judicial-precedent ninth-circuit precedent treaty-fishing-rights treaty-interpretation treaty-rights Whether the Ninth Circuit impermissibly narrowed a decades-old judicial decree to deprive Indian tribes of treaty fishing rights
20-5275 Marco Manuel Torres v. Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2020-08-05 Dismissed Response WaivedIFP civil-rights constitutional-oath due-process judicial-misconduct judicial-review presidential-power presidential-powers separation-of-powers supreme-court treaty-rights Whether the President (Donald Trump) and the elected 9 Supreme Court Justices, with the consent of the Senate, have conspired to not faithfully execut…
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…
19-937 The Cherokee Nation v. David Bernhardt, Secretary of the Interior, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-01-27 Denied appropriations-law implied-repeal indian-sovereignty indian-tribe interior-secretary land-trust regulatory-prohibition reservation-boundaries sovereignty statutory-authority treaty-rights Whether the Secretary of the Interior exceeded his statutory authority
19-6304 Martin Nava Lara v. Texas Texas 2019-10-18 Denied IFP constitutional-protections due-process federal-supremacy foreign-national miranda-rights self-incrimination state-law supremacy-clause treaty-rights Whether State law supercedes the Supreme Law of the Land in regards to the rights, of a foreign national, established by the treaties between two coun…
19-80 Shreveport Chapter #237 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy v. Caddo Parish Commission Fifth Circuit 2019-07-16 Denied Response Waived 42-usc-1983 civil-rights fifth-amendment first-amendment fourteenth-amendment monument-preservation standing treaty-rights Does the Court's ruling in The American Legion v. American Humanist Association afford the owner of a monument to have standing under 42 U.S.C. § 1983…
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?
18-8343 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 …
18-970 Thomas Mitchell, et al. v. Tulalip Tribes of Washington Ninth Circuit 2019-01-28 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) allotment declaratory-judgment jurisdictional-challenge non-indian-fee-land regulatory-authority sovereign-immunity treaty treaty-rights tribal-authority tribal-taxation Does sovereign immunity bar the federal courts' consideration of a declaratory judgment action to determine whether Respondent Tribes can exercise reg…
18-7033 Michael Casey Jackson v. United States Sixth Circuit 2018-12-14 Denied Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)IFP congress district-court federal-indian-law indian-country judicial-restoration land-relinquishment land-rights native-american-lands native-americans reservation-status separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation treaty-rights Whether a district court judge can restore lands relinquished by treaty to Native Americans