Here:
Criminal
Prisoner Claims against Mescalero Dismissed
Here are the materials in (D.N.M.):
And here are the materials in (D.N.M.):
Materials in Yet Another Pending Suit Filed in 2017 regarding Galanis et al. Investment Fraud involving Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation
Here are the materials so far in Water Works Board of the City of Birmingham v. U.S. Bank National Association (D.S.D.):
Materials in Pending Suit Filed in 2017 regarding Galanis et al. Investment Fraud involving Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation
Here are the materials (so far) in Michelin Retirement Plan v. Dilworth Paxon LLP (D.S.C.):
150 Michelin Response to GT MTD
150-14 OST Resolution on Raines Authority
150-15 OST Council Meeting Minutes
150-16 Morton Materials re WLCC
161 Michelin Response to Dilworth MTD
161-4 Investment Mgmt Agreement
161-14 Dilworth Opinion Letter
172 Request for Default Judgment on Wakpamni
218 DCT Order Denial of 67 & 91
372 Notice of Voluntary Dismissal of GT
411-1 Timothy Anderson Engagement Letter
468 DCt Order Granting Dilworth MTD
Jury selection is set for February 2020. Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation did not file a response. The clerk issued a default judgment against WLCC. Docket no. 173.
More Docs Related to Galanis et al. Fraud involving Wakpamni Lake Community Corporation owned by Oglala Sioux Tribe
We posted a complaint yesterday filed by a Chicago retired employee fund against individuals and law firms that worked on this deal.
Here are a few more docs (there is a lot to dig up, but this is a start):
galanis-et-al-indictment.pdf [he was convicted, parts of it on appeal now]
federal-brief-in-us-v-archer.pdf [details the scheme, appeal in related conviction]
366_f.supp_.3d_477.pdf [galanis decision, on appeal]
Iowa SCT Affirms State Criminal Jurisdiction; Magistrate Judge Richard Vander Mey Had Barred Tribe/State from Invoking Jurisdiction of His Court [updated]
Here is the opinion in State v. Stanton:
An excerpt:
Upon review of the complaints, a magistrate concluded that recent federal legislation removed state jurisdiction for crimes committed on the Settlement. As a result, the magistrate dismissed the three pending misdemeanor charges and assessed costs against the Meskwaki Nation. The magistrate further advised that the Tama County Sheriff should consult with the county attorney to determine whether prisoners such as the defendant should even be received and retained in custody by the Tama County Sheriff. The district court further stated that tribal police officers should be instructed by tribal judicial officers to cease and desist from charging persons with violations of the Iowa Code as such charges “will only serve to clog state courts and result in the imposition of court costs upon the Meskwaki Tribe for cases which must be dismissed.”
Briefs:
Resistance to Application for Discretionary Review [Vander Mey pleading]
Federal and tribal amicus briefs not available. If anyone has them, please send to me. Would also love to read the lower court opinion.
Judge Vander Mey is a repeat player on TT. In 2011, mad about the Iowa Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage decision, he refused to accept the tribe’s immunity defenses in civil actions. He was removed from the bench for a time, but then reinstated.
In 2017, Vander Mey again refused to acknowledge tribal sovereignty in another civil suit.
Federal Court Dismisses Banishee’s Suit against Alaska Tribe
Here are the materials in Oertwich v. Traditional Village of Togiak (D. Alaska):
Canadian First Nation’s Payday Lending Partners’ Convictions for RICO Violations in US Affirmed by Third Circuit
Here is the unpublished opinion in United States v. Neff:
Briefs:
Tenth Circuit Decides Criminal Jurisdiction Matter Involving Sandia Pueblo Reservation Boundaries
Non-Indian Reckless Driver Arrested by Tribal Police Doesn’t Like It, but Still Loses
Here is the unpublished opinion in State v. Ziegler (Minn. Ct. App.):
