Federal Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Pro Se Suit by Cherokee Freedmen Descendant for Damages Arising from Slavery

Here is the opinion in Jarvis v. United States.

MHA Nation moves to intervene in redistricting case in North Dakota.

The MHA Nation and individual Native American voters in North Dakota have filed a motion to intervene as defendants into a North Dakota District Court redistricting case.  The plaintiffs have sued the State to overturn a legislative subdistrict for the Fort Berthold Reservation.  The MHA Nation and tribal member intervenors are seeking to defend the Fort Berthold Reservation subdistrict that was approved by the North Dakota legislature.

Motion to intervene here:

Press release here.

Federal Discrimination Suit against Grand Gateway Hotel in Rapid

Here is the complaint in NDN Collective v. Retsel Corp. (D.S.D.):

Marshall Project: “California’s Longest Serving Death-Row Prisoner On Pain, Survival and Native Identity”

Here.

PAIGE PETTIBON FOR THE MARSHALL PROJECT

Ninth Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Havasupai Students’ Claims against BIE School

Here is the unpublished opinion in Stephen C. v. Bureau of Indian Education:

Briefs here.

North Dakota Federal Court Dismisses FTCA Claim arising from BIA Road Maintenance Negligence under “Discretionary Function Exception”

Federal (and tribal) discretion at work.

Here are the materials in Mound v. United States (D.N.D.):

1 Complaint

9 Federal Motion to Dismiss

19 Response

23 Reply

32 US Post Hearing Brief

33 Mound Post Hearing Brief

9th Cir. Reply in Challenge to Arizona School District Ban on Beaded Graduation Cap

Previous posts here and here.

Reservation Dogs Wins Independent Spirit Award for Best New Scripted Series and Ensemble Cast

Here.

Not a lot of Hollywood Reporter or AV Club news links on this site, but here we are.