Northern District of Oklahoma

Tenth Circuit Briefs in Osage Effort to Reopen Reservation Boundaries Case

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the briefs in Osage Nation v. Irby Wood:

Osage Opening BriefDownload

Lower court materials here.

Pretty sure someone mentioned something about the Osage Nation at this meeting.

Tenth Circuit Briefs in Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. Kunzweiler

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Creek Nation Brief.pdfDownload
Cherokee Choctaw Chickasaw Amicus Brief.pdfDownload
USET Amicus Brief.pdfDownload

Other briefs TK.

Lower court materials here and here.

Oklahoma Federal Judge Accepts Creek Nation-City of Tulsa Settlement Stipulation, Denies Gov. Stitt Motion to Intervene

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are new materials in Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. City of Tulsa (N.D. Okla.):

153 DCT Order Denying Criminal Defendants Motion to Intervene

154 DCT Order Denying Creek Freedmen Motion to Intervene

155 Stitt Reply ISO Motion to Intervene

167 – OPINION & ORDER (3-16-26)

Prior post here.

Oklahoma Federal Court Declines to Reopen Osage Reservation Boundaries Litigation

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Osage Nation v. Wood (N.D. Okla.):

Motion to reopen here.

162 State Opposition.pdfDownload
167 Reply.pdfDownload
172 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Oklahoma Federal Court Denies Local Prosecutors’ Efforts to Dismiss Federal/Tribal Challenge to Indian Country Criminal Jurisdiction

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in United States v. Ballard (N.D. Okla.):

52 Ballard Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
68 Ballard Motion to Dismiss MCN Complaint.pdfDownload
77 MCN Response.pdfDownload
78 Cherokee Chickasaw Choctaw Complaint.pdfDownload
85 Ballard Reply ISO 52.pdfDownload
88 Ballard Reply ISO 68.pdfDownload
89 Ballard Motion to Dismiss CCC Tribes’ Complaint.pdfDownload
93 CCC Tribes Response.pdfDownload
94 Ballard Reply ISO 89.pdfDownload
118 DCT Order.pdfDownload

And here are the materials in United States v. Iski (N.D. Okla.):

50 Iski Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
59 Cherokee Choctaw Response.pdfDownload
60 Federal Response.pdfDownload
66 MCN Response.pdfDownload
72 Iski Reply.pdfDownload
77 Iski Motion to Dismiss Cherokee Choctaw Complaint.pdfDownload
81 Cherokee Choctaw Response.pdfDownload
106 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Prior posts with complaints here and here.

Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Also Sue Oklahoma over Hunting and Fishing Rights

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Cherokee Nation v. Free (N.D. Okla.):

2 Complaint.pdfDownload

Creek Nation Sues Oklahoma over Hunting and Fishing Jurisdiction

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are materials in Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. Free (N.D. Okla.):

2 Complaint

8 Motion for Preliminary Injunction

Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Sue Oklahoma over Hunting and Fishing Rights Jurisdiction

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Cherokee Nation v. Free (N.D. Okla.):

2 Complaint.pdfDownload

Update in Creek Nation Suit against City of Tulsa Sheriff’s Office

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the new materials in Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. Kunzweiler (N.D. Okla.):

40 Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
57 Opposition to 40.pdfDownload
67 Reply ISO 40.pdfDownload
76 DCT Order Denying Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
87 DCT Order Denying Motion for Preliminary Injunction.pdfDownload

Prior post here.

Tenth Circuit Decides Modoc Nation v. Bohl

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

CA10 Opinion.pdfDownload

Briefs here.