cert petition

Cert Petition in Jones v. Keitz [Criminal Prosection Arising from Chukchansi Casino Altercation]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the petition:

Petition

Appendix

Question presented:

1. What facts must a plaintiff allege to state a claim for malicious prosecution against a California county and its sheriff under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, especially considering the heightened pleading standard this Court established in Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662 (2009)?
2. When a county sheriff is the country’s chief law enforcement officer, can a plaintiff hold a California County liable under Monell v. New York City Department of Social Services, 436 U.S. 658,694 (1978), by pleading he was wrongfully prosecuted based on an investigation led by the sheriff?

SCOTUS Denies Cert in McNeal v. Navajo [formerly Dalley v. Navajo]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is today’s order list.

Cert stage and other materials in McNeal are here.

Cert Stage Briefing Completed on Carter v. Sweeney (frmly A.D. v. Washburn)[ICWA]

Kate Fort

This is otherwise known as the Goldwater litigation, the second federal case filed back in 2015 in Arizona.

Documents are here

SCOTUS Denies Cert in St. Regis Mohawk v. Mylan

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is today’s order list.

Cert stage materials in that case are here.

Allergan & St. Regis Mohawk Cert Petition on “Blocking Patent” Doctrine

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the petition in Allergan Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.:

Allergan & SRMT Cert Petition

Questions presented:

Whether the Federal Circuit erred in this case, as it did in Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. v. Roxanne Laboratories, Inc., 903 F.3d 1310 (Fed. Cir. 2018), in holding that objective indicia of non-obviousness may be partially or entirely discounted where the development of the invention was allegedly “blocked” by the existence of a prior patent, and, if so, further erred by making an implicit finding that an invention was “blocked,” without requiring evidence of or making a finding of actual blocking, and in the face of evidence to the contrary.

 

Agency Cert Opposition Brief in Casino Pauma v. NLRB

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

nlrb-bio-3.pdf

Cert petition here.

Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Bernhardt Cert Petition [Chickasaw Gaming]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the petition captioned Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Zinke [but presumably will switch to Comanche Nation of Oklahoma v. Bernhardt]:

Companche v Zinke Cert Petition

Question presented:

Whether the “former reservation” exception permitting lands acquired by the United States in trust for an Oklahoma Tribe after the effective date of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 to be devoted to gaming purposes, is applicable to lands not subject to Tribal jurisdiction prior to the acquisition.

Lower court materials here.

Buchwald Capital Advisors LLC v. Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Cert Petition [Bankruptcy Code + Sovereign Immunity]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

buchwald cert petition

Question presented:

Whether the Bankruptcy Code abrogates the sovereign immunity of Indian tribes.

Lower court materials here.

Teck Metals v. Colville Cert Petition

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the petition in Teck Metals Ltd. v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (No. 18-1160):

cert-petition.pdf

Update:

state-of-washington-bio.pdf

colville-tribes-bio.pdf

Questions presented:

1. Whether the Ninth Circuit, in conflict with Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd., 561 U.S. 247 (2010), and RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. European Community, 136 S. Ct. 2090 (2016), correctly concluded that holding Teck liable for its discharges in Canada was not an impermissible extraterritorial application of CERCLA.

2. Whether the Ninth Circuit, in conflict with this Court’s decision in Walden v. Fiore, 571 U.S. 277 (2014), and the Second, Fifth, and Seventh Circuits, correctly held that a State may exercise specific personal jurisdiction over a defendant because the defendant knew its conduct would have in-state effects, where the defendant’s relevant conduct occurred elsewhere.

3. Whether the Ninth Circuit, in conflict with the First Circuit and in tension with the opinions of this Court and several other circuits, correctly held that a defendant can be an “arranger” under CERCLA even if the defendant did not arrange for anyone else to dispose of or treat the waste.

Lower court materials here.

Wilson v. Horton’s Towing Cert Petition [Montana; Exhaustion; Civil Forfeiture]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Cert Petition

Questions presented:

1. Does an Indian Tribe have authority under the second exception of Montana v. United States, 450 U.S. 544 (1981), to forfeit automobiles owned by non Native Americans for violation of tribal drug laws while on tribal land?

2. If so, does the Tribe have authority to seize a motor vehicle off reservation if it has probable cause to believe that the automobile previously contained illegal drugs while on tribal lands?

Lower court materials here.