Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

New Empirical Scholarship on Federal Prosecutor Declination Rates of Indian Country Cases

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Regina Branton, Kimi King, and Justin Walsh have published an early print of “Criminal justice in Indian country: Examining declination rates of tribal cases,” forthcoming in Social Science Quarterly.

Federal Court Rejects Seneca Effort to Vacate Judgment on Gaming Payments to State

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the new materials in Seneca Nation v. State of New York (W.D. N.Y.):

40-1 rule 60 motion.pdfDownload
47 opposition.pdfDownload
48 reply.pdfDownload
51 seneca notice.pdfDownload
51-1 nigc letter.pdfDownload
51-2 seneca letter.pdfDownload
55 seneca notice.pdfDownload
55-1 newland letter.pdfDownload
56 ny response.pdfDownload
58 dct order.pdfDownload

Ninth Circuit Materials in Metlakatla Indian Community v. Dunleavy

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Opening Brief

Answer Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

 

Eighth Circuit Affirms Drug Conviction arising on Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the unpublished opinion in United States v. Ducheneaux.

Fletcher Essay for Roger Williams University Law Review Symposium “An Uncomfortable Truth: Indigenous Communities and Law in New England”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “Uncomfortable Truths about Sovereignty and Wealth.” The abstract:

How wealth and sovereignty interact is both hotly contested and misunderstood. In my view, sovereignty exists to preserve wealth for the already-wealthy. When it comes to Indigenous peoples and Indian nations, federal and state sovereigns have almost always exercised their powers to suppress tribal wealth, even a half-century after Congress turned toward tribal self-determination as guiding national policy. Federal and state sovereignty used in this manner is evidence of systemic racism.
This paper is part of the Roger Williams Law Review symposium “An Uncomfortable Truth: Indigenous Communities and Law in New England.”

Related comic book here.

Tenth Circuit Affirms Criminal Sentence for Crime that Occurred on Acoma Pueblo

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in United States v. Benally.

News Profile of the Oneida Bingo Queens

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

From the Green Bay Press Gazette, “Meet Oneida ‘Bingo Queens’ Sandra Brehmer and Alma Webster, who started tribal gaming in Wisconsin 45 years ago.”

California Federal Court Rejects Challenge to Secretarial Procedures for Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of the Enterprise Rancheria

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Cal-PAC Rancho Cordova LLP v. Dept. of the Interior (E.D. Cal.):

1 complaint.pdfDownload
31-1 cal pac motion for summary j.pdfDownload
35 interior motion for summary j.pdfDownload
36 cal-pac reply.pdfDownload
39 interior reply.pdfDownload
45 dct order.pdfDownload

Center for Indian Country Development Research Summit

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.