Ninth Circuit Affirms Sentence Enhancement for Indian Country DV Conviction

Here is the opinion in United States v. Harrington.

News Profile of “Driving While Indian”

Here is “Data from millions of traffic stops reveal there is ‘driving while Indian'”

Split Minnesota COA Rejects Treaty Rights Defense in Prosecution for Fishing on Gull Lake by Fond du Lac Member

Here is the unpublished opinion in State v. Northrup:

state-v-northrup.pdf

Split Minnesota COA Panel Affirms Authority of Tribal Police Office Outside Reservation Boundaries Acting under Cross-Dep Agreement

Here is the opinion in State v. Bellcourt:

Bellcourt Opinion

SCOTUS Grants Cert in McGirt v. Oklahoma [Creek Reservation Boundaries Criminal Appeal]

Here are the cert stage materials in McGirt v. Oklahoma:

mcgirt-cert-petition.pdf

appendix.pdf

oklahoma-brief-in-opposition.pdf

Friday’s order list here.

News coverage here and here.

Ninth Circuit Materials in United States v. Many White Horses

Here are briefs:

Opening Brief

US Answer Brief

Reply

Oral argument video:

 

News Profile of #MMIW

Here is “THE CRISIS OF MURDERED AND MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND WHY TRIBES NEED THE POWER TO ADDRESS IT.”

Arizona Court Holds Indian Tribes May Be Beneficiaries of Criminal Restitution Award

Here is the opinion in State v. Leal (Ariz. Ct. App.):

state-v-leal.pdf

An excerpt:

Defendant Carlos Leal appeals a restitution order requiring him to pay $5,500 in funeral expenses for a man he shot and killed in a bar. Leal does not challenge his murder conviction or resulting prison sentence. He does not argue the funeral expenses were unreasonable or unpaid. Instead, because the restitution award went to the Quechan Indian Tribe, rather than to a member of the victim’s family, Leal argues the order was fundamental error. Because Leal has shown no error, the restitution order is affirmed.

Bad River Ojibwe Letter to Wisconsin Governor Objecting to State Felony Trespass Bill

Here:

bad-river-letter.pdf

Prisoner Claims against Mescalero Dismissed

Here are the materials in  (D.N.M.):

1 Complaint

6 DCT Order

And here are the materials in  (D.N.M.):

1 Habeas Petition

13 DCT Order