Navajo Nation

Corrected Navajo Nation RFP for Treasury Offset Work

Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here:

2016-11-02 Reissue RFP Treasury Offsets Final

The description:

RFP REISSUE CLARIFYING NOVEMBER 9 RESPONSE DEADLINE:  The Navajo Nation seeks assistance in litigation, administrative outreach, and lobbying to assist in matters related to federal administrative offsets made by the U.S. Department of the Treasury for disputed debts.  Selected Respondent will provide legal services to secure a favorable outcome of the disputes and will litigate those disputes if necessary.  The Navajo Nation Department of Justice will be accepting proposals for this service postmarked by 5:00 PM MT on Wednesday, November 9, 2016.  NO LATE PROPOSALS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

 

Amended Press Release: Navajo Nation Announces Chief Prosecutor

Sarah M Donnelly

Download(PDF): 10 31 16 Amended Press Release re New Chief Prosecutor Gertrude Lee

Navajo Nation RFP — Treasury Offsets Work

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Corrected notice here.

 

The description:

The Navajo Nation seeks assistance in litigation, administrative outreach, and lobbying to assist in matters related to federal administrative offsets made by the U.S. Department of the Treasury for disputed debts.  Selected Respondent will provide legal services to secure a favorable outcome of the disputes and will litigate those disputes if necessary.  The Navajo Nation Department of Justice will be accepting proposals for this service postmarked by 5:00 PM MT on Wednesday, November 9, 2016.  NO LATE PROPOSALS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

10th Circuit Briefs in N.M. Condemnation Appeal

Sarah M Donnelly1 Comment

Here are the briefs in the matter of Public Service Company of NM v. Barboan, et al, 16-cv-02050:

Appellant’s Opening Brief

Brief of Intervenor-Appellant Transwestern Pipeline Company, LLC

Response Brief of Appellee Navajo Nation

Response Brief of the United States

Defendants-Appellees Individual Allottees’ Response Brief

Amicus Curiae Brief of GPA Midstream Association in support of Public Service Company of New Mexico and Reversal of the District Court

Brief of Amici Curiae the National Congress of American Indians, Pueblo of Laguna, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Support of Defendants and Affirmance of the District Court

Link to previous posts: Public Service Co. of New Mexico v. Approximately 15.49 Acres of Land in McKinley County

Judge Grants Tribal Motions to Intervene in Goldwater (ICWA) Litigation

Kate Fort1 Comment

Here.

Previous filings here.

RFP for Education-Related Legal Services to Navajo Nation

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

The Navajo Nation seeks education-related legal assistance in planning, organizing, drafting and finalizing Navajo Nation Educational Codes, policies, and standards that will facilitate the Nation’s development of a Tribal Education Agency.  Respondent’s work must be conducted consistent with Public Law 100-297, Public Law 93-638, Public Law 95-561, Title X of the Navajo Nation Code, and applicable Navajo Nation laws and policies.  The Navajo Nation Department of Justice will be accepting proposals for this service postmarked by 5:00 PM MT on Thursday, September 15, 2016.  NO LATE PROPOSALS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

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Navajo Nation RFP for Law Enforcement-Related Legal Services

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

The Navajo Nation seeks advice and recommendations on how to develop a nationally accredited uniform Use of Force Policy for the Navajo Division of Public Safety (NDPS) and its law enforcement departments and officers.   NDPS wishes to revise its current policies to reflect modern police practices with respect to use of force.  These revisions will, among other things, incorporate current case law and include law enforcement training specifically related to use of force situations, including officer-involved shootings.

The Navajo Nation Department of Justice will be accepting proposals for this service postmarked by 5:00 PM MT on Thursday, September 15, 2016.  LATE PROPOSALS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

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Colorado gold mine is one of the EPA’s new Superfund pollution sites

Teresa Walrod

A Colorado gold mine that spilled more than 3 million gallons of wastewater into western rivers was among nearly a dozen sites added Wednesday to the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund National Priorities List.

HERE.

Prior posts on the Gold King Mine HERE.

 

Ninth Circuit Holds FBI Officer Cannot Authenticate Navajo Membership Document or CDIB

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the unpublished opinion in United States v. PMB, Juvenile Male.

Oral argument video here.

We posted on this case here and here.

Navajo Nation Seeks Proposals Structuring a Corporate Entity

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the formal request (2016.9.2 – Ec Development_Final RFP):

The Navajo Nation Department of Justice seeks outside counsel assistance in structuring a corporate entity aimed at attracting manufacturing industries to the Navajo Nation that have been outsourced overseas by U.S. corporations over the past two decades.  Legal services will consist of 1) providing advice on the best corporate structure for the company, including consideration of a Section 17 corporate form, and 2) providing advice on how to structure a Navajo industrial corporate real estate services enterprise that can develop and manage industrial parks on the Navajo Nation for the purpose of accommodating manufacturing businesses locating in the Navajo Nation.

The Navajo Nation Department of Justice will be accepting proposals for this service postmarked by 5:00 PM MT on Friday, September 9, 2016.  NO LATE PROPOSALS WILL BE ACCEPTED.