South Dakota “Riot Boosting” Law Enjoined

Here are the materials in Dakota Rural Action v. Noem (D.S.D.):

9-motion-for-preliminary-injunction.pdf

24-motion-to-dismiss-sheriff-thom.pdf

28-motion-for-judgment-on-pleadings.pdf

36-response-to-24.pdf

38-reply-in-support-of-9.pdf

39-reply-in-support-of-24.pdf

40-reply-in-support-of-28.pdf

43-1-surreply.pdf

dkt-49-order-dismissing-sheriff-thom.pdf

dkt-50-order-granting-preliminary-injunction.pdf

Complaint posted here.

Split Eighth Circuit Reinstates MCA Manslaughter Indictment of Mother of Newborn Killed by Drug Toxicity

Apparently the first time the federal government has prosecuted a drug addicted mother for the death of a newborn.

Here is the opinion in United States v. Flute.

Briefs:

Appellant Brief

Appellee Brief

Reply

District Court materials (D.S.D.):

2 Redacted Indictment

25 Motion to Dismiss

26 Response

27 Reply

37 DCT Order

Federal Court Denies TRO in Flandreau Hemp Dispute

Here are the materials so far in Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe v. United States Department of Agriculture (D.S.D.):

1 Complaint

1-1 Tribal Plan

5 Motion for TRO

23 Opposition

26 DCT Order

Federal Court Declines to Suppress Evidence Obtained by Rosebud Tribal Police

Here are the materials in United States v. Santistevan (D.S.D.):

1 Indictment

20 Motion to Suppress

22 US Response

32 Magistrate Report

34 Objection

39 DCT Order

Suit against South Dakota’s “Riot Boosting” Law

Here are the materials in Dakota Rural Action v. Noem (D.S.D.):

1 Complaint

1-1 (Exhibit A Rioting Boosting Act)

Eighth Circuit Decides Stanko v. Oglala Sioux Tribe

Here is the opinion.

Briefs here.

Federal Court Confirms Conviction of Several for Witness Retaliation in Hunkpati Investments Fraud

Here are the materials in United States v. Columbe (D.S.D.):

2 Redacted Indictment

234 DCT Order

Federal Court Refuses to Shorten Sentence of Indian Convicted of Assaulting Tribal/Federal Officer

Here are the materials in United States v. Thunder Shield (D.S.D.):

45 Motion for Clarification

46 Motion for Mandamus or Habeas Relief

48 US Response

51 Reply

52 DCt Order

Federal Court Allows US Employment Discrimination Suit to Proceed against South Dakota DSS

Here are the materials in United States v. South Dakota Department of Social Services (D.S.D.):

26 Amended Complaint

43 South Dakota Motion for Summary Judgment

46 US Motion for Summary Judgment

52 South Dakota Opposition

53 US Opposition

56 US Reply

57 South Dakota Reply

59 DCT Order

An excerpt:

The following additional undisputed material facts specifically relate to plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment. All of the following statistical data relates to the DSS Pine Ridge Office for the 2007 through 2013 time period, unless otherwise specified. For the 35 requisitions, Native American applicants submitted 213 (44.5%) complete applications and white applicants submitted 265 (55.5%) complete applications. (Docket 47 ¶ 42). One hundred eighty-six Native American applicants and 228 white applicants submitted complete applications and did not withdraw from the hiring process. Id. ¶ 45. DSS offered interviews to 117 (46.1%) Native American applicants and 137 (53.9%) white applicants. Id. ¶ 46. DSS conducted interviews with 90 Native Americans and 100 white applicants. Id. ¶ 47. DSS offered Specialist jobs to 22 interviewees, 20 of whom (90.9%) were white and only two of whom (9.1%) were Native AmericanId. ¶ 48.
DSS offered to hire zero Native Americans in 2007 through 2010, and 2012, despite seeking to hire Specialists on 22 separate occasions. Id. ¶ 49. During 2007 through 2010, DSS offered to hire zero Native Americans while offering to hire 12 white applicants as Specialists. Id. ¶ 50. In 2011, DSS offered to hire one Specialist who was Native American and two white applicants as Specialists. Id. ¶ 51. In 2012, DSS offered to hire zero Native Americans while offering to hire three white applicants as Specialists. Id. ¶ 52. In 2013, DSS offered to hire one Specialist who was Native American and three Specialists who were white. Id. ¶ 53.

Federal Court Orders Tribal Exhaustion in Title VII Case against Tribal Entity

Here are the materials in Romero v. Wounded Knee LLC (D.S.D.):

56 Motion to Dismiss

59 Motion to Strike

62 Response to 59

63 Reply in Support of 59

67 Response to 56

68 Reply in Support of 56

77 Plaintiff’s Brief on Tribal Exhaustion

78 Defendant’s Brief on Exhaustion

79 DCT Order on Motion to Strike

80 DCT Order on Exhaustion