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MSU Alum Lydia Locklear Opens New Law Firm, Current Tribal Law and Policy, PLLC

October 31, 2025Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Press release here:

PRESS RELEASE-Turtle Talk Download

Minnesota Federal Court Orders Stay Pending Tribal Court Exhaustion in Wrongful Death Claim against Red Lake Nation Detention

October 31, 2025Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Johns v. Pemberton (D. Minn.):

22 Federal Motion to Dismiss

61 Motion to Stay

Yakama Citizen Sues Government over Tariffs Citing 1855 Treaty

October 31, 2025Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Lumley v. United States Customs and Border Protection (D. Or.):

Complaint.pdf Download

D.C. Federal Court Vacates Trump Administration Recission of Gaming Lands Opinion re: Scotts Valley

October 30, 2025Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the new materials in Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians v. Burgam (D.D.C.):

92 Second Amended Complaint

96-1 Scotts Valley MSJ

98 GTL Properties Amicus Brief

99-1 Federal MSJ

107 United Auburn Community Amicus Brief

108 Dehe Wintun Tribes Amicus Brief

109 Cal Indian Gaming Commission Amicus Brief

110 Lytton Rancheria Amicus Brief

111 Scotts Valley Reply

112 Federal Reply

Prior post here.

not the right tribes, I know.

Posthumous Bar Admission of Ely S. Parker

October 30, 2025Matthew L.M. Fletcher

New Mexico Federal Court Dismisses FTCA False Arrest Suit against Picuris Pueblo/BIA Cops

October 30, 2025October 30, 2025Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Farden v. United States (D.N.M.):

59 Motion for Summary J

Feel Good Frybread @UMMA on Nov. 14, 2025 [with Andrea Carlson, Frank Waln, Ariel Ojibway, Frybread, and Others

October 29, 2025Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Siletz Takes Unusual Step of Filing an Amicus Brief in Opposition to Chinook’s Federal Recognition Cert Petition Where Feds Had Already Declined to Respond

October 29, 2025Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the brief in Chinook Indian Nation v. Burgum:

Siletz Amicus BIO

Petition here.

Tenth Circuit En Banc Petition Materials in U.S. v. Hopson [whether feds can prosecute for lesser included offenses under MCA]

October 28, 2025Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Panel materials here.

Colorado Federal Court Rejects Ute Tribes’ Challenge to State Sports Betting Law

October 27, 2025October 31, 2025Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the new materials in Southern Ute Indian Tribe v. Polis (D. Colo.):

33 Motion to Dismiss

58-1 Second Amended Complaint

61 Second Motion to Dismiss

Prior post here.