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Federal Court Holds Tribal Employee Not Covered by Kickapoo Tribe’s Insurance Policy in Auto Accident

December 1, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Dinger v. Wishenko (N.D. Ill.):

1-1 Garnishment Petition

52 Amended Counterclaim

58 Insurance Co. Motion for Summary Judgment

70 Wishenko Response

70-2 Order re Partial Settlement of Claim

74 Wishenko Motion for Summary Judgment

88 Insurance Co. Response

91 Wishenko Reply in Support of 74

Materials in the related Federal Tort Claims Act case, Dinger v. United States (D. Kan.):

1 FTCA Claim [docket no. 70-1 in N.D. Ill. case]

9 US Motion to Dismiss

Ninth Circuit Rejects Quanah Spencer’s Selective Prosecution Claim

November 30, 2020November 28, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the unpublished opinion in Spencer v. City of Spokane.

Briefs:

Spencer Opening Brief

City Answer Brief

County Answer Brief

Seattle Times: “Salmon People: A tribe’s decades-long fight to take down the Lower Snake River dams and restore a way of life”

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

NYTs: “Debra White Plume, Defender of Her Tribe, Is Dead at 66”

November 28, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Crosscut: “A magical hike on Whidbey Island whitewashes Native history”

November 28, 2020November 24, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Pebble Mine (Hopefully) Dead

November 26, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

D.C. Circuit Declines to Order Injunction on Construction of Border Wall to Stop Destruction of Sacred Sites over Dissent of Judge Millett

November 25, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in Manzanita Band of the Kumeyaay Nation v. Wolf:

Order on Motion for Stay Pending Appeal + Dissent

Briefs:

Appellants Motion for Emergency Injunction

Lower court materials here.

WaPo: “An ancient people with a modern climate plan”

November 25, 2020November 24, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Federal Court Dismisses Pro Se Treaty Rights Complaint against State and Sault Tribe

November 25, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Hall v. Whitmer (E.D. Mich.):

1 Pro Se Complaint

13 Sault Tribe Motion to Dismiss

15 Response to 13

20 State Motion for Summary Judgment

23 Response to 20

27 Magistrate Report re 13

28 Magistrate Report re 20

Second Circuit Affirms Oneida Victory in Property Dispute

November 25, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Oneida Indian Nation v. Phillips.

Here are the briefs:

Lower court materials here.