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Cleve Her Many Horses Answer Brief
Lower court materials here.
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Lower court materials and links to prior iterations of this case here.
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Belcourt Public School District Opening Brief
Belcourt Public School District Reply Brief
Lower court materials here.
Here is the opinion in Native American Council of Tribes v. Weber. An excerpt:
In this appeal, we consider the South Dakota Department of Corrections’ (“SDDOC”) decision to prohibit tobacco use by Native American inmates during religious activities. In 2009, the Native American Council of Tribes (“NACT”) and South Dakota Native American inmates Blaine Brings Plenty and Clayton Creek (collectively “inmates”) brought suit against 1 prison officials from the SDDOC (collectively “defendants”)2 claiming that the tobacco ban substantially burdened the exercise of their religious beliefs in violation of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (“RLUIPA”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-1(a). After a three-day bench trial, the district court granted 3 injunctive relief to the inmates and directed the parties confer regarding a revised tobacco policy. On failure to agree, the district court entered a remedial order that, among other things, limited the proportion of tobacco in the mixture distributed to inmates for religious purposes to no more than one percent. The defendants appeal the grant of injunctive relief, including the remedial order. Having jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.
Briefs here:
Lower court materials are here and here.
Other posts are here, here, and here.
Here are the materials in Styliest v. Rosebud Sioux Tribe (D.S.D.):
5 DCT Order Denying Habeas Writ
The Eighth Circuit denied petitioner’s direct appeal of his federal conviction here.
Here is the opinion in United States v. Wanna.
An excerpt:
A jury convicted Charlene Wanna of misapplication of funds from an Indian tribal organization and aiding and abetting in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1163 and 2. The district court sentenced Wanna to 33 months imprisonment. Wanna appeals her conviction and sentence. Having appellate jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm.
The briefs:
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