Yakama Nation Cert Petition in Dispute with Yakima County over Criminal Jurisdiction

Here is the petition in Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation v. Yakima County:

Yakama Nation Cert Petition

Question presented:

The United States reassumed Pub. L. 83-280 criminal jurisdiction over crimes involving Indians within the Yakama Reservation from the State of Washington pursuant to 25 U.S.C. § 1323, on April 19, 2016. Years later, federal officials re-interpreted the scope of that federal reassumption to allow the State of Washington to once again exercise criminal jurisdiction over Indians within the Yakama Reservation any time a non-Indian is involved in the crime.The question presented is:

Can the United States change the scope of its reassumption of Pub. L. 83-280 jurisdiction in Indian Country years after the reassumption became effective under 25 U.S.C. § 1323 without the Yakama Nation’s prior consent required by 25 U.S.C. § 1326?

Lower court materials here.

Update (3/4/21):

Brief in Opposition

Update (3/16/21):

Yakama Reply

Ninth Circuit Rejects Quanah Spencer’s Selective Prosecution Claim

Here is the unpublished opinion in Spencer v. City of Spokane.

Briefs:

Spencer Opening Brief

City Answer Brief

County Answer Brief

Reply

Update in Jensen v. EXC, Inc. [bus accident on Navajo lands]

Here are the materials in Jensen v. EXC Inc. (D. Ariz.):

71 Amended Complaint

116 Jensen MSJ

119 Response

121 Reply

126 DCT Order Denying MSJ

181 EXC Pre-Trial Brief

200 Verdict

220 Jensen Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law

221 Response

222 Reply

223 DCT Order Denying 220

And here are the Ninth Circuit briefs (so far):

Opening Brief

Answer Brief

reply-1-1.pdf

Prior posts on this case are here.

Ninth Circuit Rejects La Posta Band’s Challenge to Border Wall

Here is the unpublished opinion in La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Reservation v. Trump.

Briefs are here.

Ninth Circuit Materials in La Posta Band Challenge to Border Wall

Here are the briefs in La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians of the La Posta Reservation v. Trump:

La Posta Band Opening Brief

US Answer Brief

Reply

And the oral argument video:

Here are the lower court materials.

Ninth Circuit Oral Argument Video in Navajo Nation v. Dept. of the Interior [water rights]

Here:

Briefs are here.

Ninth Circuit Dismisses Voting Rights Challenge in Yazzie v. Hobbs

Here is the opinion.

Here are the briefs.

Cert Opposition Brief in US v. Cooley

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”

Here.

Ninth Circuit Briefs in Acres Bonusing Inc v. Marston

Here:

Opening Brief

Janssen Malloy Answer Brief

Jones Answer Brief

Marston Answer Brief

Reply Brief

Lower court materials here.