Michigan Federal Court Dismisses Lay Advocate’s Civil Rights Suit against Sault Tribal Judge and Private Attorney, Orders $1500 Sanction Award

Here are the materials in Bellfy v. Edwards (W.D. Mich.):

1 Complaint

9 Fabry Motion to Dismiss

11 Edwards Motion to Dismiss

14 Bellfy Subpoena

15 Bellfy Motion to Strike

16 Fabry Motion to Quash

23 Edwards Response to 15

24 Fabry Response to 15

25 Bellfy Motion for Judgment on Pleadings

26 Fabry Response to 25

27 Edwards Response to 25

29 Edwards Motion for Sanctions

30 DCT Order Quashing Subpoena

31 Bellfy Motion for Summary J

32 Edwards Response to 31

33 Fabry Response to 31

34 Magistrate Report

35 Bellfy Objection

36 Edwards Response

38 DCT Order

Federal Court Action Challenging Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Exclusion of Child Abusing Teachers

Here are the materials so far in Shaff v. Claymore (D.S.D.):

Turtle Talk Live 2023 @ NAICJA

Full comic book here.

Mississippi Federal Court Orders Tribal Court Exhaustion in Claim against Choctaw Resort

Here are the materials in Brown v. Choctaw Resort Development Enterprise (S.D. Miss.):

1 Complaint

7 Motion to Dismiss

9 Response

10 Reply

19 DCT Order

SPJ in the house.

Montana Federal Court Allows Habeas Petition against Blackfeet to Move Forward

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

Jeanne Smith

Wisconsin Lawyer [Wis. State Bar Magazine] Profile of the Oneida Family Court

Hon. Robert J. Collins has published “Tsi?latiliwahslu∙nihe kayanlahsla? (Of the place they make matters or issues right)” in the October 2023 issue of Wisconsin Lawyer.

Arizona COA Holds State Court Does Not Have Jurisdiction over Tribal Member Defendant in Claim Arising on State Highway on Reservation

Here is the opinion in Medina v. Estate of Cody:

An excerpt:

The issue before us is whether a plaintiff who is not an enrolled tribal member may bring a civil tort case in state court against an enrolled tribal member for conduct occurring within tribal reservation boundaries but on a stretch of land for which the State has been granted a highway right-of-way easement. We hold that a non-tribal plaintiff bringing such a case cannot hale a nonconsenting enrolled tribal member defendant into state court for actions arising out of conduct on the defendant’s reservation, even when that conduct occurs on a state highway. Accordingly, we affirm.

MCN District Court Orders Enrollment Office to Reconsider Denials of Freedmen Descendants’ Citizenship Applications

Here is the order in Grayson v. Citizenship Board (MCN Dist. Ct.):

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Mayberry and Garrow on Fairness for Self-Represented Tribal Court Litigants

Danielle J. Mayberry and Carrie E. Garrow have published “A Portrait of Tribal Courts: Tribal Court Tools and Levers to Ensure Procedural Fairness for Self-Represented Litigants” in the Journal of Appellate Practice and Process. PDF

Highly recommended!