Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher – Page 92 – Turtle Talk

Arizona News 15: “Navajo Nation low on water, approaching top 3 hot spots in US”

April 12, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Shanelle Afcan & Christina McDonogh: “Two Women Fighting To Prevent COVID-19 From Destroying Rural Alaska”

April 10, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

HCN: “Casino closures in Indian Country hit core tribal services”

April 10, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

An excerpt:

When Bryan Newland was 16, he got a job as a dishwasher at his tribe’s casino restaurant. In college, he carried golf bags for patrons at the casino course. Now the chairman of Bay Mills Indian Community, Newland was forced to announce on Wednesday that the tribal government could no longer pay the 400 people employed at Bay Mills casinos, golf courses, and other tribal businesses and departments closed due to COVID-19.

“I understand that many of you are angry, frustrated and scared,” Newland (Ojibwe) told tribal members in a Facebook video address on Wednesday. “You’re not alone in those feelings. The Small Business Administration has abandoned us, and it is failing Indian Country right now.”

First Circuit Grants En Banc Petition for Review in Penobscot Nation Reservation Case

April 9, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in Penobscot Nation v. Frey:

2020.04.08 ORDER Granting Mot Rehr’g En Banc

En banc stage briefs are here.

MHA Allottee Trespass Action Dismissed

April 8, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in Hall v. Tesoro High Plains Gas Co. LLC (D.N.D.):

Materials here.

Tribal Court Complaints re: Former St. Croix Chippewa Indians Tribal Council Members, Charged with Taking Tribal Casino Funds

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the complaints, each one captioned St. Croix Chippewa Indians v. [name]:

Bugg, C Elmer, E

Related post here.

Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations’ Declaratory Judgment Actions against Insurance Company re: Pandemic Damages

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma v. Lexington Insurance Co. (Okla. Dist. Ct.):

Here is the complaint in Chickasaw Nation Dept. of Commerce v. Lexington Insurance Co. (Okla. Dist. Ct.):

Update in Pinoleville Pomo Nation Gaming & RICO Dispute [updated and updated again]

April 7, 2020June 23, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the updated materials in JW Gaming Development LLC v. James (N.D. Cal.):

184 Defendants Motion for Summary Judgment

186 Plaintiffs Response

191 Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment

192 Defendants Reply

Prior post here.

Case tag here.

UPDATE (7/7/2020):

210 Stevenson Motion

211 Steele Motion

212 Maldonado Motion

219 Tang Opposition to 191

220 Individual Tribal Defendants Opposition to 191

221 Plaintiffs Opposition to 210-212

222 Canales Opposition to 191

223 Reply in Support of 210-212

227 Reply in Support of 191

236 DCT Order on 210-212

237 DCT Order on 191

UPDATE (1/20/2021)

251 Tribal Motions

253 JW Gaming Motion

255 JW Gaming Response to 251

256 Tribal Response to 253

257 JW Gaming Reply

258 Tribal Reply

267 JW Gaming Supplemental Brief

274 Tribal Supplemental Brief

Update (3/28/2021):

286 Motion for Reconsideration

293 Motion to Quash

294 Opposition to 286

299 Reply in Support of 286

301 Opposition to 293

302 Reply in Support of 293

Update (6/8/2021):

324 Tribe Motion to Quash

333 JW Gaming Motion to Enjoin Tribal Court Case

335 Opposition to 333

337 Opposition to 324

338 Reply in Support of 324

352 Magistrate Order Denying Motion to Quash

353 Reply in Support of 333

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in the Indian Health System

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

As of April 6 – Total Cases: 539
Total Deaths: 24

Eighth Circuit Affirms Conviction of Serial Indian Country D.V. Offender

April 7, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Silk v United States: