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

Ugh, This Stupid Garbage Again

Here are materials in State of Oklahoma ex rel. Stitt v. City of Tulsa (Okla. S. Ct.):

Tenth Circuit Holds Federal Court May Not Convict Indian Country Defendants with Lesser-Included Offenses Not Enumerated in Federal Statute

Here is the opinion in United States v. Hopson:

Briefs:

Hopson Opening Brief

 US Answer Brief

Reply

US Supplemental Brief

Hopson Supplemental Brief

Stitt v. City of Tulsa Cert Petition

Here:

Question presented:

Whether a state may exercise criminal jurisdiction over an Indian for conduct in Indian country absent a valid congressional grant of authority.

Lower court materials here.

Muscogee (Creek) Nation Sues City of Henryetta for Asserting Criminal Jurisdiction over Creek Members in Indian Country

Here are the materials (so far) in Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. City of Henryetta (E.D. Okla.):

2 Complaint

11 MCN Motion for PI

Washington Federal Court Confirms Off-Res Trust Land is Indian Country

Here are materials from United States v. Parisien (E.D. Wash.):

1 Indictment

75 Motion to Dismiss

84 Response

88 Reply

93 DCT Order