Request for Consulting Services from Hopi Department of Education

Sarah M Donnelly

Download(PDF): Request for Proposals

Payday Lending Legal Malpractice Suit (Western Sky-Related)

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

ATL: “Katten Muchin Sued By Bottom-Feeding Former Client.”

Complaint in CashCall v. Katten Muchin Rosenman (Cal. Super Ct. — Orange County) here:

Complaint

HT.

Cert Petition Filed in Case Challenging Constitutionality of SBA Section 8(a)

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the petition in Rothe v. Dept. of Defense:

Cert Petition

Questions presented:

1. Whether a statutory program that requires an agency to distribute benefits to “socially disadvantaged individuals,” and defines “socially disadvantaged” in terms of membership in certain racial minority groups, classifies on the basis of race and is thus subject to strict scrutiny.
2. Whether a statute that may not classify exclusively on the basis of race, but uses race as a factor in determining eligibility for benefits, is subject to strict scrutiny.

Lower court opinion here.

Cherokee Nation Sues Drug Makers in Tribal Court over Opioid Additional Epidemic

Matthew L.M. Fletcher7 Comments

Here is the complaint in Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma v. McKesson Corp. (Cherokee Nation Dist. Ct.):

Petition 4-20-17

News coverage in WaPo: “Cherokee Nation sues drug firms, retailers for flooding communities with opioids.”

NYTs: “Nebraska Liquor Stores Near Pine Ridge Reservation Lose Licenses”

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Stockbridge-Munsee Sues Wisconsin and Ho-Chunk Over Gaming

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials so far in Stockbridge-Munsee Community v. State of Wisconsin (W.D. Wisc.):

FINAL COMPLAINT

FINAL HOLSEY AFF

FINAL MEMORANDUM

FINAL Motion for PI

FINAL STATEMENT OF FACTS

Federal Court Dismisses Havasupai Water Rights Claim

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the briefs in Havasupai Tribe v. Anasazi Water Co. (D. Ariz.):

15 Anasazi Motion to Order Joinder

18 Halvorson-Seibold Motion to Dismiss

62 Tribe Response to Motion for Joinder

63 Tribe Response to Motion to Dismiss

64 Tribe Additional Response

72 Anasazi Reply

73 Halvordson-Siebold Reply

103 DCT Order

We posted the complaint here.

D.C. Circuit Rules in Tuttle v. Zinke — Upholds Interior Termination of Lease on CRIT Lands

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order:

Unpublished Order

Briefs here.

Lower Elwha and Federal Government Prevail in NEPA/ESA Suit in the 9th Circuit

Ann Tweedy1 Comment

NEPA and ESA challenges to hatchery approvals after removal of the Elwha Dam were brought by anti-hatchery environmental groups. The unpublished decision is here.

Briefs:

Motion for Injunction

Opening Brief

Tribal Answer Brief

Federal Answer Brief

Reply

Lower court materials here.

Resiliency In a Trauma-Informed High School

Kate Fort

Here.

I’ve now brought this article up twice in the past two days (including in class), so I’m posting it.

With the help of Natalie Turner, assistant director of the Washington State University Area Health Education Center in Spokane, WA, Sporleder and his staff implemented three basic changes that essentially shifted their approach to student behavior from “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?”

(emphasis added)

H/T Judge Whitener