Here:
6 – Defendant-Appellants’ Opening Brief
11 – Plaintiff-Appellees’ Answering Brief
More posts here.
tribal membership
Federal Court Dismisses Pro Se Action against Interior and Stockbridge-Munsee
Here are the materials in Bruette v. Secretary of the Interior (E.D. Wis.):
Nooksack Reaches Settlement with National Indian Gaming Commission
Here:
Federal Court Rules Cherokee Freedmen Retain Treaty Rights
Here is the opinion in Cherokee Nation v. Nash (D.D.C.).
More details tomorrow.
An excerpt:
The Court finds it confounding that the Cherokee Nation historically had no qualms about regarding freedmen as Cherokee “property” yet continues, even after 150 years, to balk when confronted with the legal imperative to treat them as Cherokee people. While the Cherokee Nation might persist in its design to perpetuate a moral injustice, this Court will not be complicit in the perpetuation of a legal injustice.
Federal Court Dismisses San Pasqual Band Membership Suits
Here are the materials in Alegre v. Zinke (S.D.Cal.):
And here are the materials in the companion case Alegre v. United States (S.D. Cal.):
Nooksack State Court Update: State Superior Court Stays Discovery, Enjoins Tribal Eviction
Here are updated pleadings in Rabang v. Gilliand (Whatcom County Superior Court):
5-25-17 Defendant Chief Judge Raymond Dodge’s Motion to Stay Discovery
5-26-17 Defendants’ Motion for Stay of Proceedings
6-2-17 Plaintiffs’ Joint Response to Defendants’ Motions for Stay
6-7-17 Defendant Chief Judge Raymond Dodge’s Reply in Support of Motion to Stay
6-7-17 Defendants’ Reply in Support of Motion to Stay
6-15-17 Order Granting Defendants’ Motions to Stay Discovery
State agency letter:
Federal Nooksack Update: USDC (RICO), IBIA, IHS, EPA
Here are additional materials in Rabang v. Kelly (W.D. Wash.):
71 – Plaintiffs’ Response to Defendant Dodge’s Motion for Summary Judgment
80 – Defendant Chief Judge Raymond Dodge’s Reply in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment
And additional materials:
IHS Reassumption EPA Drinking Water FAQs Nooksack Tribal Members
3 27 17 Letter from EPA to Robert Kelly Jr
Nooksack Kelly Faction Files Notice of Appeal in Rabang v. Kelly; IHS Reassumes Services “Effective Immediately”
Here is the notice of appeal:
And the IHS letter:
Transcripts of “Who Belongs? From Tribal Kinship to Native Nation Citizenship to Disenrollment”
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:
- Doc. 30 – Defendant Dodge’s Motion to Dismiss and Memorandum in Support Thereof
- Doc. 46 – Plaintiffs’ Response to Dodge’s Motion to Dismiss
- Doc. 52 – Defendant Dodge’s Reply in Support of Motion to Dismiss
- Doc. 58 – Defendant Dodge’s Supplemental Briefing
- Doc. 59 – Plaintiff’s Supplemental Briefing re Judicial Immunity
Brief filed today:
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