Fifth Circuit Affirms Major Crimes Act Conviction Where Federal Prosecutor Once Repped Defendant’s Dad in Choctaw Tribal Court

Here is the opinion in United States v. Anderson.

Briefs:

Opening Brief

Government Answer Brief

Reply

Mississippi Federal Court Orders Tribal Court Exhaustion in Claim against Choctaw Resort

Here are the materials in Brown v. Choctaw Resort Development Enterprise (S.D. Miss.):

1 Complaint

7 Motion to Dismiss

9 Response

10 Reply

19 DCT Order

SPJ in the house.

Fifth Circuit Affirms 3-Year Prison Term for Theft of $18K from Choctaw Casino

Here are the materials in United States v. Nickey:

Unpublished opinion:

Briefs:

Ten Percent of Mississippi Choctaw Citizens Served by the Tribe Have Contracted COVID

Here is “More Choctaws Have Died of COVID Than Those Who Died of the Disease in Hawaii. Or Alaska. Or Wyoming” from the Pulitzer Center.

Federal Court Dismisses Miss. Choctaw from FTCA Claim, Claim against US Proceeds

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

42 MBCI Motion to Dismiss

43 Memo in Support

42-1 MBCI v Peebles Opinion

42-2 Sharp v MBCI Opinion

50 DCT Order

Prior post here.

Federal Court Allows FTCA Claim Arising under 638 Contract to Proceed [Mississippi Choctaw]

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

1-complaint-5.pdf

16-us-mtd.pdf

18-us-mtd-tribe-cross-claims.pdf

24-tribe-response.pdf

28-plaintiff-joinder-to-tribe-response.pdf

30-us-reply.pdf

37-dct-order.pdf

Report on Tribal Green Reentry Program

Here is “Cross-Site Evaluation of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Tribal Green Reentry Program.”

An excerpt:

From 2009 through 2014, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) funded demonstration grants to incorporate green technologies and environmentally sustainable activities in programs designed to help detained and reentering tribal youth successfully reintegrate into their communities and to prevent future juvenile justice system involvement among at-risk youth. Three American Indian tribes received Tribal Juvenile Detention and Reentry Green Demonstration (“Green Reentry”) grants: the Hualapai Indian Tribe (Arizona), the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (MBCI; Mississippi), and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe (RST; South Dakota). Throughout their grant periods, the three sites received training and technical assistance from the Tribal Juvenile Detention and Reentry Resource and Technical Assistance Center, managed by the Education Development Center.

Tribal Justice Frank Pommersheim Goes Digital: 25 Years as a Tribal Judge

Here (PDF):

Opening page for lib guide w pic

Cert Opposition Brief in Dollar General v. Mississippi Choctaw Tribal Court Jurisdiction Matter

Here:

Mississippi Choctaw Cert Opposition

Cert petition here.

ICWA Educational Resource Video – “Bringing our Children Home: An Introduction to the Indian Child Welfare Act”

From the State of Mississippi judicial site:

The video trailer referenced is the culmination of the ongoing collaboration between the Mississippi Courts, Child Welfare Agency, the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and various National Resource Centers which specifically focus their expertise on educating non tribal entities on the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and other issues related to Native American values. The video trailer was developed by the Mississippi Administrative Office of Courts/Court Improvement Program in consultation with the National Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues and the National Resource Center for Tribes as an ICWA educational resource for judges, courts, child welfare, and judicial educators. The full length video will be available later this year. The video is being produced by Mad Genius, Inc., Ridgeland, Mississippi.