Criminal

10th Circuit Case Challenging Federal Jurisdiction on Pueblo Fee Lands

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the briefs in United States v. Smith:

APPELLANT’S OPENING BRIEF

United States Response Brief

Pueblo Amicus

2023-07-12_ Brief of the SofNM as Amicus Curiae

Reply Brief

Here are the lower court pleadings:

47 Motion to Dismiss

53 Response

60 Reply

110 DCT Order

New Mexico rocks

Tenth Circuit Decides Challenge to Indian Status of Cherokee Citizen Victim in Indian Country Crimes Act Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in United States v. Walker.

Briefs:

Opening Brief

US Answer

Reply

Modoc Drops Reservation Boundaries Suit

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the motion in the now-consolidated case of Eastern Shawnee Tribe v. Drummond (N.D. Okla.):

34 Modoc Motion for Voluntary Dismissal.pdfDownload

Prior post here.

Complaints by Eastern Shawnee and Seneca-Cayuga are here.

Tenth Circuit Briefs in Challenge to “Indian Status” of Cherokee Nation Citizen

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the briefs in United States v. Laskey:

Opening Brief.pdfDownload
US Answer Brief.pdfDownload

Montana Federal Court Allows Habeas Petition against Blackfeet to Move Forward

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Arocha v. Blackman (D. Mont.):

10 Amended Habeas Petition.pdfDownload
22 Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
24 Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings.pdfDownload
29 Response to 22.pdfDownload
30 Response to 24.pdfDownload
32 Reply ISO 22.pdfDownload
33 DCT Order.pdfDownload
Jeanne Smith

Eighth Circuit Briefs in Mille Lacs Ojibwe Beef with County Sheriff

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the briefs in Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe v. Madore:

County Brief.pdfDownload
County Officials Brief.pdfDownload
Municipalities Amicus Brief.pdfDownload
Tribe Motion to Dismiss Appeal as Moot.pdfDownload
Tribe Response Brief.pdfDownload

Other briefs TK.

Lower court materials here.

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Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals Briefs in Stitt v. City of Tulsa

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Stitt Opening Brief.pdfDownload
Creek Seminole Amicus Brief.pdfDownload
Cherokee Chickasaw Choctaw Amicus Brief.pdfDownload
Tulsa Brief.pdfDownload
Stitt Reply.pdfDownload
Creek Seminole Reply Brief.pdfDownload
Cherokee Chickasaw Choctaw Reply Brief.pdfDownload
US Amicus Brief.pdfDownload

Utah Federal Court Rejects Ute Tribal Member’s Effort to Avoid Traffic Ticket in Roosevelt City

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Amboh v. Duchesne County (D. Utah):

1 Complaint

22 County Motion to Dismiss

23 District Court Motion to Dismiss

24 Response to 22

26 Amboh Show Cause Motion

27 County Response to 26

31 Reply ISO 26

32 Response to 23

33 Reply ISO 23

35 Magistrate Report

36 Objection to 35

39 County Response

40 District Court Response

43 DCT Order

Tenth Circuit Affirms Indian Country DV Conviction [COVID Zoom Trial]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in United States v. Veneno.

Briefs:

Opening Brief.pdfDownload
US Brief.pdfDownload
Reply.pdfDownload

Split Tenth Circuit Vacates Major Crimes Act Murder Conviction and Orders New Trial on Self-Defense

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in United States v. Britt.

Briefs:

Britt Brief

US brief

Reply