Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher

FLOW: “Reckless and Defiant, Enbridge Won’t Diffuse Its ‘Ticking Time Bomb’ in the Great Lakes at Today’s Deadline to Shut Down Line 5”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Federal Court Dismisses Navajo Nation from Pro Se Civil Rights Complaint by Removed Gallup School Board Member

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the relevant materials in Chicarello v. Dept. of the Interior (D.N.M.):

1 Complaint

19 Navajo Motion to Dismiss

35 DCT Order

New Jersey State Bar Blog Journal Article on McGirt: “Promises Made and Finally Kept in Oklahoma”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Minnesota COA Rejects Mille Lacs County Officials’ Demand for State to Defend Mille Lacs Ojibwe Reservation Boundaries Suit

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Walsh v. State:

OPa201083-051021

Link to the reservation boundaries case here.

Voigt Intertribal Task Force Letter re: Wolf Delisting

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

VITF Correspondence on Wolf Delisting 5.6.21

Oral Argument in Appeal re: Tribal Sovereign Immunity Under the Clean Water Act

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Briefs here.

Klamath Tribes Effort to Force Bureau of Reclamation to Not Kill Endangered Species Fails

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Klamath Tribes v. United States Bureau of Reclamation (D. Or.):

1 Complaint

2 Motion for TRO

7 Motion for PI

25 BOR Response

47 Tribe Supplemental Brief

48 BOR Supplemental Brief

53 DCT Order

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Federal Prosecution of Former Tribal Consultant Org’s Employee

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in United States v. Polequaptewa:

Opening Brief

Government’s Answer Brief

Reply

Oral argument video:

 

Strict Scrutiny Podcast Recap of the Yellen v. Chehalis Oral Argument

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is “Barking Goldfish,” from Season 2 of the Strict Scrutiny podcast. Around 18:30, the crew starts talking about Chehalis argument. The transcript is available here (the Chehalis bit starts on page 7).

Marcia Coyle’s National Law Journal article, “Resolving Stalemate, Supreme Court Picked Lawyer for Key Pandemic Argument” — which is referenced in the podcast — is here if you have a subscription.

As always, Chehalis background materials are here.

Interior’s Acquisition of Wyandotte Nation Trust Land Affirmed

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in State of Kansas v. Dept. of the Interior (D. Kan.):

35 Interior Motion to Strike

34 Plaintiffs Motion

40 Interior Brief

36 Response to 35

42 DCT Order

41 Reply

Prior post here.