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Minnesota Federal Court Declines to Dismiss Mille Lacs Band Suit against County Attorney and Sheriff after Remand from Eighth Circuit

March 4, 2022Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the updated materials in Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians v. County of Mille Lacs (D. Minn.):

292 CA8 Order Dismissing Appeal

305 County Sheriff Motion to Dismiss

312-dct-order-1 Download

Prior post here.

Community house on the agency near Vineland Bay on Mille Lacs Lake, Minnesota

Strict Scrutiny Podcast Episode on the Denezpi Argument: “Indian Law Hall of Fame”

March 3, 2022Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Blurb: “Leah recaps Denezpi v. United States, an important case about tribal sovereignty, with Matthew Fletcher(Michigan State University & Chief Justice of the Pokagon band of Potawatomi Indians Court of Appeals) & April Youpee-Roll (Munger Tolles & Olson), which may involve … Neil Gorsuch’s heel turn in Indian law?!?”

Topside Briefs in Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta

March 2, 2022April 19, 2022Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

petitioners-brief Download

Amicus briefs:

Oklahoma DAs and Sheriffs Amicus Brief

Police Chiefs Amicus Brief

Polluters Amicus Brief

States Amicus Brief Supporting Oklahoma

Tulsa Amicus Brief

Cert stage and lower court materials here.

Portia Skenadore-Wheelock on the New VAWA Bill

February 17, 2022Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Portia Kay^nthos Skenadore-Wheelock has published “Introduction of VAWA Reauthorization Bill is a Major Step Forward For Tribal Communities.”

Not that it matters but she’s a PLSIer.

Ninth Circuit Decides Adams v. Dodge [Nooksack]

February 16, 2022Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the unpublished opinion.

Briefs are here.

Wisconsin COA Briefs in Constitutional Challenge to PL280 Prosecution

February 4, 2022Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the briefs in State v. House (Wis. Ct. App.):

Appellant Brief

Respondent Brief

Ninth Circuit Draws Line between Assault and Kidnaping [D.V. Case on Navajoland]

February 3, 2022Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here the opinion in United States v. Jackson.

Briefs:

Split Sixth Circuit Vacates Conviction and Sentence of D.V. Perpetrator of Saginaw Chippewa Tribal Citizens

February 1, 2022Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in United States v. Johnson:

The University of Michigan federal appellate clinic represented the appellant.

Iowa SCT Acknowledges End of State Jurisdiction over Indian Lands, but Federal Statutory Repeal Not Retroactive

January 31, 2022January 31, 2022Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in State v. Cungtion (Iowa S. Ct.):

Appellant Brief

Supplemental Brief

United States Amicus Brief

Sac and Fox Tribe Amicus Brief

Cungtion Opinion

And here are the materials in the companion case, State v. Bear:

Appellant Brief

Supplemental Brief

United States Amicus Brief

Sac and Fox Tribe Amicus Brief

Bear Unpublished Opinion

Ratified Indian Treaty 216: Sauk and Fox-Rock Island, Dubuque, Wisconsin Territory September 28, 1836 RG 11 General Records of the U.S. Government

Update in Suit against Nome Police for Failure to Investigate Sexual Assault against Native Woman

January 25, 2022January 24, 2022Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are updated materials in Hardy v. City of Nome (D. Alaska):

36 Harvey Motion to Dismiss

45 DCt Order on Motion to Dismiss

64 Hardy Motion to Compel

72 DCT on Motion to Compel

74 Hardy Motion for Sanctions

92 Hardy Supplemental Brief

95 Nome Motion to Dismiss

The complaint is posted here.