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Nooksack Federal/State Litigation Update
Tageant v. Ashby (state court tort suit removed to federal court) 1-0.-7-12-19-notice-of-removal-to-federal-court.pdf 1-1.-7-12-19-complaint.pdf 6.-7-17-19-defendant-michael-ashbys-motion-for-certification-of-employment.pdf 11.-7-23-19-plaintiffs-response-in-opposition-to-defendant-ashbys-motion-for-certification-of-employment.pdf 14.-8-5-19-united-states-opposition-to-defendants-motion-for-certification-of-federal-employment.pdf 16.-8-9-19-defendant-mike-ashbys-reply-in-support-of-motion-for-certification-of-employment.pdf Adams v. Elfo (federal court habeas corpus suit) 6.-8-13-19-amended-petition-for-writ-of-habeas-corpus.pdf Adams v. Dodge (state court tort suit) 8-13-19-first-amended-complaint.pdf Doucette v. Zinke (federal APA suit) … Continue reading
Posted in Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Research, tribal election, tribal membership
Tagged Nooksack Indian Tribe
Update in San Pasqual Band Membership Suits
Here are the materials in Alegre v. United States (S.D. Cal.): 44 second Amended Complaint 46-1 US Motion to Dismiss 48 Response 49 Reply 50-1 Individual Defendants MTD 53 Response 59 DCT Order Dismissing SAC 62 Third Amended Complaint 68-1 … Continue reading
Nooksack Update: Rabang v. Kelly II (9th Cir.); Doucette v. Bernhardt (W.D. Wash))
District court materials (prior post here): 28 Doucette v. Bernhardt 3-7-19 Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment 32 Doucette v. Bernhardt 4-18-19 Defendants’ Consolidated Memorandum in Opposition to Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment and in Support of Defendants’ Cross-Motion for Summary … Continue reading
Muscogee Freedmen Descendants Forced to Exhaust Tribal Remedies
Here is the order in Muscogee Creek Indian Freedmen Band v. Bernhardt (D.D.C.): 29 DCT Order Briefs here.
Fletcher: “Law, Politics, and the Constitution”
Here, on SSRN. The abstract: The question whether Congress may create legal classifications based on Indian status under the Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause is now reaching a critical point. Critics claim the Constitution allows no room to create race … Continue reading
Saginaw Chippewa Disenrollees’ Suit Dismissed
Here is the order in Cavazos v. Zinke (D.D.C.): 16 DCT Order Briefs here.
Rabang v. Kelly I: Ninth Circuit Awards Nooksack Disenrollees $91K in Prevailing Party Fees
Here: 51 11-21-18 Supplemental Opposition to the Amount of Fees Requested 52 11-26-18 Appellees’ Supplemental Reply in Support of Application for Attorney’s Fees 53 12-13-18 Order
Posted in Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Research, tribal membership
Tagged attorney fees, Ninth Circuit, Rabang v. Kelly
Adrea Korthase on the Definition of “Indian Child” in the Era of Assisted Reproductive Technology
Adrea Korthase has published Seminal Choices: The Definition of “Indian Child” in a Time of Assisted Reproductive Technology in the Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Nooksack: Three New Disenrollment-Related Lawsuits
Doucette v. Zinke (W.D. Wash): complaint Belmont v. BIA Acting Northwest Regional Director (IBIA): appellants’ notice of appeal and initial statements of reasons Tageant v. Smith (Wash. Sup. Ct.): first amended complaint
Posted in Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, Research, tribal membership
Tagged Belmont v. BIA Acting Northwest Regional Director, Doucette v Zinke, Interior Board of Indian Appeals, Nooksack Indian Tribe, Tageant v. Smith, tribal member disenrollments, Washington Superior Court, Western District of Washington
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