Ninth Circuit – Page 22

Ninth Circuit Dismisses Voting Rights Challenge in Yazzie v. Hobbs

October 16, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion.

Here are the briefs.

Cert Opposition Brief in US v. Cooley

October 16, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Respondent Brief in Opposition to Petition for a Writ of Certiorari

The cert petition is here.

Amicus briefs in support of the petition are here.

NYTs: “For the Navajo Nation, ‘Everything Takes Time,’ Including Voting”

October 15, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here.

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Acres Bonusing Inc v. Marston

October 15, 2020February 15, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Opening Brief

Janssen Malloy Answer Brief

Jones Answer Brief

Marston Answer Brief

Reply Brief

Lower court materials here.

Ninth Circuit Oral Argument Video in Yazzie v. Hobbs [voting rights appeal]

October 14, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Briefs are here.

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Doucette v. Dept. of the Interior [Nooksack]

October 7, 2020March 5, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Opening Brief

Answer Brief

Plaintiffs-Appellants’ Motion to Take Judicial Notice

Reply Brief of Plaintiffs-Appellants

Lower court materials here.

Ninth Circuit Briefing — Tribal Sovereign Immunity Under the Clean Water Act

October 6, 2020May 9, 2021Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the briefs relevant to the sovereign immunity issue in Deschutes River Alliance v. Portland General Electric Company:

Final Tribal Amici Brief in Support of Warm Springs – File-Stamped

Appellant’s First Brief

Second Brief on Cross-Appeal – CTWS (filed 9 28 20)

Appellant’s Third Brief

Idaho Power Amicus Brief

And here are the lower court materials in Deschutes River Alliance v. Portland General Electric Company (D. Or.):

72 Warm Springs Motion to Dismiss

74 Pacific Gas Motion to Dismiss

76 Deschutes River Response

78 Pacific Gas Reply

82 Warm Springs Reply

84 Warm Springs Brief in Support of Defendants

103 DCT Order

Ninth Circuit Grants Expedited Review of Arizona Native Voting Rights Case after District Court Rejects Injunction

October 5, 2020October 14, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Yazzie v. Hobbs (D. Ariz.):

48 Arizona Motion to Dismiss

61 Opposition

62 DCT Order

Here are the briefs so far in the Ninth Circuit:

Yazzie Opening Brief

League of Women Voters Amicus

Arizona Answer Brief

Prior post here.

Ninth Circuit Holds Claim Falls Within Tribal Waiver of Immunity

September 23, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in SPRAWLDEF v. Guidiville Rancheria of California.

Briefs here.

Ninth Circuit Decides Southcentral Foundation v. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

September 15, 2020Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion, holding the Southcentral Foundation has standing to sue over the provision of heath care services.

Briefs here.