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Here are the briefs relating to last week’s opinion posted here:
237 FILED – Memorandum in support of motion for TRO and PI
244 FILED – federal opposition to motion for tro
248 FILED – County Opposition to TRO
Here is today’s unpublished opinion in Cole v. Oravec. An excerpt:
Defendant-Appellant Matthew Oravec, an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, appeals from the district court’s denial of his qualified immunity motion in this Bivens action brought on behalf of two deceased Native American men. The Appellees are relatives of the two deceased men – Steven Bearcrane and Robert Springfield. The Appellees allege that Oravec violated their right to equal protection when he failed to conduct a sufficiently thorough investigation of the two deaths out of an alleged animus toward Native Americans.
Here are the briefs:
Here are the materials in Yakama Indian Nation v. Holder (E.D. Wash.):
Federal Defendants Memorandum in Support of Motion for Reconsideration
Yakama Nation’s Memorandum in Opposition to Motion for Reconsideration
Federal Defendants Reply on Motion for Reconsideration
Order Denying US Motion for Reconsideration
Here are the earlier materials on the federal motion for a protective order.
The statement from the National Native American Bar Association can be found here. An excerpt:
The National Native American Bar Association (NNABA) condemns the killing of John T. Williams by a Seattle Police officer in August of 2010. Williams was a talented Ditidaht First Nations carver who for many years endured the significant challenges facing homeless Native people in Seattle. His killing has outraged the Tribal community and raised serious concerns about equal justice and Seattle Police Department accountability.
The following is a story about the investigation from earlier this month in the Seattle Times:
Two Seattle police officers have agreed to cooperate in the FBI’s investigation into the fatal shooting of woodcarver John T. Williams by a former officer, but only after they were subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury, according to police officials.
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI are investigating whether Birk violated Williams’ civil rights.
The federal review into the shooting is separate from the Justice Department’s broad civil-rights investigation of the Police Department announced in March. That federal investigation is focused on allegations related to use-of-force and biased policing.
From Troy Eid: 2009 Crime in the US Copy of 09tbl11
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