Navajo Sues Interior over Judicial Funding

Here is the complaint in Navajo Nation v. Dept. of the Interior (D.D.C.):

1 Complaint

Federal Court Materials in Ute Banishment Case

Here are the materials so far in Chegup v. Ute Indian Tribal Court of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation (D. Utah):

2-complaint.pdf

20-motion-for-immediate-release.pdf

46-tribe-motion-to-dismiss.pdf

47-response-to-mtd.pdf

53-reply-in-support-of-motion-for-release.pdf

54-reply-in-support-of-mtd.pdf

73-motion-for-atty-fees.pdf

77-response-to-motion-for-atty-fees.pdf

79-reply-in-support-of-motion-for-atty-fees.pdf

82-motion-to-intervene.pdf

83-dct-order-denying-intervention.pdf

Federal Court Orders Tribal Exhaustion in Contract Dispute with Colville

Here are the materials in Clements v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (E.D. Wash.):

1 Complaint

9 Motion to Dismiss

9-8 Colville Tribal Court Opinion

9-9 Colville COA Opinion

11 Response

12 Reply

17 DCT Order

Ninth Circuit Affirms Tribal Jurisdiction in FMC v. Shoshone-Bannock

Here is the opinion in FMC Corp. v. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.

Briefs here.

UPDATE:

En Banc Petition

Amicus Brief

CA9 Order Denying Petition

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Knighton v. Cedarville Rancheria

Here is the order list.

Cert stage materials here.

Lower court materials here.

ABA Journal Profile of Nottawaseppi Huron Potawatomi Appellate Judge Greg Smith

Here.

Federal Court Orders Tribal Exhaustion in Employment Discrimination Case [Chippewa Cree Tribe]

Here are the materials in Walker v. Windy Boy (D. Mont.):

1 Complaint

10 Motion to Dismiss

20 Response

25 Reply

32 DCT Order

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

NAICJA Panel on Traditional Law & UNDRIP

Judge Greg Bigler & Hon. Kristen Carpenter [+ Frank Ettawageshik]
Greg’s paper is here.

Kristen’s paper is here.

Fletcher Materials for NAICJA Presentation on Tribal Attorney Regulation and ABA Rule 8.4(g) (Andrew Adams and Kristen Carpenter will join me)

Judge Andrew Adams III
Hon. Kristen Carpenter

Kristen’s paper is here.

These are excerpts of Fletcher’s presentation:

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