Here.
High Country News: “A crude virus: How ‘man camps’ can cause a COVID surge”
Here.
Pit River Tribe Suit against BLM Leases Survives (Mostly) Motions to Dismiss
Here are the materials in Pit River Tribe v. BLM (E.D. Cal.):
Federal Court Orders IHS to Turn Over Docs on Stanley Patrick Weber to New York Times and Wall Street Journal
Here are the materials in New York Times v. Dept. of Health and Human Services (S.D. N.Y.):
20 US Motion for Summary Judgment
23 Newspapers Motion for Summary Judgment
An excerpt:
This Freedom of Information Act suit was brought by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and a reporter seeking to force the Indian Health Service (“IHS”) to release a report that it commissioned from a private consultant to investigate numerous acts of rape and sexual abuse committed by Stanley Patrick Weber, a former IHS pediatrician, against Native American children. IHS has taken the position that the report is protected from disclosure by a statute that affords confidentiality to reports on the “quality of medical care” — a position we reject. We also find that the report is not protected under the litigation privilege exemption of the Freedom of Information Act and thus order that it be produced.
Federal Court Dismisses Tort Claim Against Alabama-Coushatta Tribe
Here are the materials in Jones v. Alabama-Coushatta Tribe (E.D. Tex.):
30 Supplemental Motion to Dismiss
An excerpt:
Jones’s objections to the Reports do not raise any new arguments to support his claim that his premises liability claim is not barred by sovereign immunity. He instead continues to argue that this court should follow Wilkes v. PCI Gaming Authority, 287 So.3d 330, and hold that the Tribe’s sovereign immunity is waived in the interests of justice. But as discussed in the first Report, the only court to cite Wilkes has declined to follow it. See Oertwich v. Traditional Vill. of Togiak, 413 F. Supp. 3d 963, 968 (D. Alaska 2019). The court agrees with the magistrate judge that “Wilkes, an Alabama Supreme Court decision that has never been cited by any circuit court, is not enough for this court to override both Fifth Circuit case law dismissing damages claims based on tribal sovereign immunity or the case law from other circuits upholding sovereign immunity for claims sounding in tort.” (Doc. #25, at 6). Thus, this claim must be dismissed.
Spokane County Bar Association 12th Annual Indian Law Conference
PLSI Judicial Clerkship Handbook
The PLSI Judicial Clerkship Committee created this Judicial Clerkship Handbook to encourage and assist Native American law students in applying for and obtaining judicial clerkships across all levels of courts and tribunals. Because judicial clerks play a central role in researching and drafting court decisions, Native American judicial clerks can help foster judicial understanding about tribes as sovereign governments and develop case law that respects tribal sovereignty and rights. Many judicial clerks go on to become members of the judiciary. We hope to encourage more Natives to pursue judicial clerkships and judicial positions on the state, tribal, and federal benches.
Annual Beverly Clark & Lynnmarie Johnson American Indian Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan Bar Study Scholarship
This Week: NCAI Presidential Transition Series
NCAI PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION SERIES
Indian Country’s Participation in the Appointment Process Webinar
Thursday, January 14, 2021
3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EST
Every new Presidential Administration appoints individuals to more than 9,000 new political jobs. Please join the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) for an opportunity to learn about what it means to serve a Presidential Administration through a political appointment. Learn from an expert panel of current and former American Indian/Alaska Native appointees about the appointment process, service, and how tribal leaders can support prospective candidates.
CONFIRMED PANELISTS
Clara Pratte
Tribal Engagement Director, Biden Transition Team
Matt Dannenberg
Senior Associate Director, Presidential Personnel Office, Biden White House
Alison Grigonis
Previous Senior Policy Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs; Senior Director of Cabinet Affairs at the Obama White House
Kim Teehee
Previous Senior Policy Advisor for Native American Affairs, White House Domestic Policy Council
Please click here to register!
Fourth Circuit Briefs in Ledford v. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians [pro se ICRA takings claim]
NYTs: “Tribal Elders Are Dying From the Pandemic, Causing a Cultural Crisis for American Indians”
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