Federal Court Rules Against Burley Faction in California Miwok Dispute

Here are the materials in California Valley Miwok Tribe v. Zinke (E.D. Cal.):

44-1 Burley Motion for Summary J

46 US Cross-Motion

47 Dixie Cross-Motion

48 Burley Response

50 US Response

51 Dixie Response

53 Burley Reply

56 US Reply

57 Dixie Reply

60 DCT Order

Transcripts of “Who Belongs? From Tribal Kinship to Native Nation Citizenship to Disenrollment”

Here:

Who Belongs Conference Day 1 AM

Who Belongs Conference Day 1 PM

Who Belongs Conference Day 2

Judge Dodge Protected by Judicial Immunity in Federal Nooksack Case, For Now

Download(PDF): Doc. 63 – Order Granting Defendant Dodge’s Motion to Dismiss

Link: Posted Documents and Materials, previous Nooksack posts

UPDATE (1217 EDT):

Briefs filed before order to dismiss:

Brief filed today:

Nooksack State Court Proceedings Stayed Pending Federal Litigation

Here are the materials in Rabang v. Gilliland (Wash. Super. — Whatcom County):

3-9-17 Defendant Chief Judge Raymond G Dodge’s Motion to Dismiss

3-24-17 Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to CR12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6) OCR

3-31-17 Reponse to Defendant Raymond Dodge’s Motion to Dismiss

4-3-17 Response to Defendants Gilliland Ashby and Garcia’s Motion to Dismiss

4-4-17 Defendants’ Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss

4-5-17 Defendant Chief Judge Raymond G Dodge’s Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss

4-7-17 Verbatim Report of Proceedings April 7, 2017

4-21-17 Court’s Order on Defendants’ Respective Motions to Dismiss Heard April 7, 2017

Nooksack Disenrollees’ RICO Action against Nooksack Holdover Council (in their individual capacities) to Proceed

Here are the materials in Rabang v. Kelly (W.D. Wash.):

ORDER

MOTION OF DEFENDANTS KELLY, GEORGE, SMITH, SOLOMON, JOHNSON, CANETE, GEORGE, ROMERO, EDWARDS, AND ARMSTRONG TO DISMISS PURSUANT TO F. R. CIV. P. 12(B)(1) AND F. R. CIV. P. 12(B)(6)

RESPONSE TO MOTION OF DEFENDANTS KELLY, GEORGE, SMITH, SOLOMON, JOHNSON, CANETE, GEORGE, ROMERO, EDWARDS, AND ARMSTRONG TO DISMISS PURSUANT TO F. R. CIV. P. 12(B)(1) AND F. R. CIV. P. 12

DEFENDANTS_ REPLY IN SUPPORT OF KELLY DEFENDANTS_ RULE 12(B)(1) AND 12(B)(6) MOTION TO DISMISS

PLAINTIFFS_ NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY

 

Update in Nooksack Tribe v. Zinke

Here are new materials in the case now captioned Nooksack Indian Tribe v. Zinke (W.D. Wash.):

14 – Motion of 271 Nooksack Tribal Members to Intervene

19 – Nooksack Tribe’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction

22 Nooksack Opposition to Intervention

24 271 Members Reply in Support of Motion to Intervene

26 – Federal Defendants’ Opposition to Preliminary Injunction Motion and Cross-Motion to Dismiss

29 Nooksack Reply in Support of PI

Massive NYTs Magazine Article on Nooksack Disenrollments

Here is “Who Decides Who Counts as Native American? Four years ago, the Nooksack in Washington State announced that they were expelling hundreds of members, setting off a bitter debate over tribal identity.”

Nooksack Update: Interior Threatens Reassumption; State Court Asserts PL 280 Jurisdiction

Downloads(PDF):

Link: Previous posts

Federal Court Rejects ICRA Habeas Effort to Avoid Paying Tribal Court Costs (after a failed election dispute)

Here are the materials in Scudero v. Moran (D. Alaska):

17-motion-to-dismiss

18-response

23-reply

24-second-response

27-second-reply

29-order

Nooksack Begins Disenrollee Evictions

Downloads (PDF):

Links: Rejected motion, Complaint, Nooksack posts