Miranda v. Jewell

Ninth Circuit Rules Against Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians Disenrollees

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Miranda v. Jewell.

Briefs:

Appellant Brief

Federal Answer Brief

Reply

Federal Court Challenge to Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians Membership Decisions Dismissed

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Miranda v. Jewell (C.D. Cal.):

20 Miranda Motion for Summary J

25 Interior Cross-Motion

32 Miranda Reply

33 Interior Reply

37 DCT Order

An excerpt:

In the absence of a clear directive in the SYB Articles that blood degree of prospective members should be determined based only on the blood degree of an ancestor as listed on the 1940 Census, the Court declines to second guess the Bureau’s reasonable decision to apply SYB law in the same manner in which the Tribe applied it.