Eighth Circuit Moots Challenge to Tribal Criminal Jurisdiction over On-Rez Crimes on Fee Lands

Here is the opinion in LaBatte v. Gangle.

Briefs:

Opening Brief

Answer Brief

Reply

Minnesota Federal Court Declines to Suppress Uncounseled Statements Made to Federal & Tribal Police in Red Lake Assault Case

Here are relevant materials in United States v. Bullhead (D. Minn.):

Michigan COA Holds Mackinac Band Member Possesses Fishing Rights

Here is the opinion in People v. Caswell.

Prior opinion here.

Briefs when we get them

Oklahoma Federal Court Declines to Dismiss Creek Nation Suit against City of Henryetta

Here are the new materials in Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. City of Henryetta (N.D. Okla,):

Prior post here.

Tenth Circuit Reverses Indian Country Sexual Assault Conviction for Govt’s Failure to Show Defendant was “Non-Indian” Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

Here is the opinion in United States v. Hebert.

Briefs:

Opening Brief

Federal Answer Brief

Reply

Update in Creek Nation Suit against City of Tulsa Sheriff’s Office

Here are the new materials in Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. Kunzweiler (N.D. Okla.):

Prior post here.

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

Here:

Petition

Opposition 

Panel materials here.

Oklahoma Criminal Appeals Court Holds Indian Status for Criminal Jurisdiction Purposes Requires Connection to Federally Recognized Indian Tribe

Here are the materials in Bertrand v. State of Oklahoma (Okla. Ct. Crim. App.):

Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice Special Issue — “Beyond the Reservation: Multijurisdictional Issues Affecting Tribal Communities”

Here.

TOC:

Introduction Leslie A. Hagen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Achieving Public Safety Within Transboundary Tribes: Challenges and Paths Forward William K. Barquin, Elizabeth Thompson Tollefsbol, & Traci J. Whelan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2022 and the Return of Tribal Criminal Authority in Alaska Leslie A. Hagen & James V. DeBergh . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

The Department of Justice’s Role in Addressing the Incidence of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons Deidre Y. Aanstad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

The “Categorical Approach” That Often Hinders Application of the Habitual Offender Statute, 18 U.S.C. § 117, to Violations of Tribal Law Robert A. Zauzmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Maquiladoras, Indigenous Communities, and the Risk Posed by Traveling Sex Offenders in Two Border Cities Lori McPherson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

The Tribal Warrants Loophole: The Washington Solution Michael Harder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Note from the Editor-in-Chief Christian A. Fisanick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Tenth Circuit Again Vacates Federal Conviction of Indian for Reliance on Unverified Tribal Documents to Prove Indian Status

Here is the opinion in United States v. Hatley.

Briefs:

Government Brief

Hatley Brief

Reply