McGirt v. Oklahoma – Page 12 – Turtle Talk

Cherokee Prisoner’s Second Habeas Petition Denied Despite McGirt

January 28, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Berry v. Whitten (N.D. Okla.):

2 Second Unauthorized Habeas Petition

Federal Court Rejects Warm Springs Tribal Member’s Effort to Invoke McGirt to Challenge Federal Criminal Jurisdiction under the ICCA and ACA

January 20, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in United States v. Smith (D. Or.):

78 Motion to Vacate

Prior decisions involving the same defendant are here (Ninth Circuit) and here (Oregon appellate court).

Wednesday (1/20) — Lunch in Indian Country CLE: McGirt and Its Impact on Tribal Rights [Tribal In-House Counsel Assn.]

January 19, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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Federal Court Grants Habeas Petition, Following McGirt

January 19, 2021January 18, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are materials in DeerLeader v. Crow (N.D. Okla.):

16 State Response

Michigan SCT Orders Briefing on LTBB Reservation Boundaries in Criminal Case

December 28, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in People v. Covey:

Michigan SCT Order

Jonodev Chaudhuri on McGirt in the Harvard Law Review

November 20, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Jonodev Chaudhuri has published “Reflection on McGirt v. Oklahoma” in the Harvard Law Review Forum.

Harvard Law Review Case Comment on McGirt v. Oklahoma

November 17, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Motions to Dismiss State Prosecutions under McGirt

October 26, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

A flurry of motions has come in. Here is the motion to dismiss a criminal complaint on the Cherokee reservation in State of Oklahoma v. Nichols (Tulsa County Dist. Ct.):

Here is the motion to dismiss in a case involving a Creek reservation crime where the defendant marked “I” on the racial identity box, State of Oklahoma v. Williams (Tulsa County Dist. Ct.):

And here is the motion to dismiss in State of Oklahoma v. Shaffer (Tulsa County Dist. Ct.), where the defendant was unenrolled at the time of the crime and is now seeking enrollment at Cherokee:

Cherokee Habeas Petitioner’s Claim under McGirt Dismissed as Time-Barred

October 23, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Berry v. Bragg (N.D. Okla.):

9 Motion to Dismiss

SCOTUS Denies Cert in Oklahoma Tax Case But Justice Thomas Offers a Few Fearmongering Words About McGirt

October 19, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the statement on the denial of cert in Rogers County Board of Tax Roll Corrections v. Video Gaming Technologies, Inc.:

Justice Thomas Statement on Denial of Cert

Here are the cert stage materials in Rogers.