Here is the complaint in Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians v. Mnuchin (D.D.C.):
Eastern Band Cherokee Bid to Enjoin Catawba Trust Land Acquisition Fails
Here is the order in Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians v. Dept. of the Interior (D.D.C.):
Briefs here.
Fort Sill Apache Loses Akela Flats Suit against NIGC
Here is the order in Fort Sill Apache Tribe v. National Indian Gaming Commission (D.D.C.):
Materials here.
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Ninth Circuit Again Rejects Lezmond Mitchell Challenges to Death Penalty, but Two Judges Question the Punishment
Here is the opinion in Mitchell v. United States.
Judge Christen noted that this is the first intra-tribal carjacking crime to result in death:
I join the majority’s considered opinion in full, but write separately because the lengthy history of this case may make it easy to lose track of the fact that Mitchell did not receive the death penalty for his murder convictions. Mitchell was sentenced to death because, in the course of committing their atrocious crimes, he and his accomplice also committed a carjacking. In my view, it is worth pausing to consider why Mitchell faces the prospect of being the first person to be executed by the federal government for an intra-Indian crime, committed in Indian country, by virtue of a conviction for carjacking resulting in death.
Concurring Judge Hurwitz called on the AG to reconsider this matter:
I write separately to stress a point aptly made earlier in the long history of this case by Judge Reinhardt. See Mitchell v. United States, 790 F.3d 881, 894–97 (9th Cir. 2015) (Reinhardt, J., dissenting in part). The heinous crimes that gave rise to this case occurred entirely within the territory of the sovereign Navajo Nation. The defendant is a Navajo, as were the victims. The Navajo Nation has, from the outset of this case, opposed imposition of the death penalty on the defendant, as have members of the victims’ family
Gaming Licenses / Investigation Dispute–Peoria Tribe
Here are materials in Qualls & Holden v. Mathews, No. CIV-18-M08 (CIO, Miami, OK) & Holden and Qualls v. Ellis, No. 19-M09 (CIO Miami):
Qualls v. Mathews CIV-18-M08 – Final Order of Dismissal
Qualls v. Mathews CIV-18-M08 – FFCL Supporting Order of Dismissal
Holden v. Ellis, CIV-19-M09 – Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
D.C. Circuit Briefs in Stand Up for California! v. Dept. of Interior [Wilton Rancheria]
National Indian Law Library Bulletin (4/29/2020)
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News Links on First Federal Prisoner Dead from COVID [Andrea Circle Bear]
Here.
Bureau of Prisons release: 20200428_press_release_crw.pdf
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