Northern District of Oklahoma – Page 8 – Turtle Talk

Federal Court Quashes Subpoena on Tribal Sovereign Immunity Grounds

February 5, 2016February 5, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Dillon v. BMO Harris Bank (N.D. Okla.):

3 Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians Motion to Quash

Federal Court Dismisses Suit by Oklahoma Student Denied Request to Wear Eagle Feather at Graduation

January 7, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here is the opinion in Griffith v. Caney Valley Public Schools (N.D. Okla.):

Briefs here.

Pro Se Prisoner Effort to Tap Osage Headrights Fails

January 5, 2016January 5, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher

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

33 Osage Nation Motion to DIsmiss

42 DOI Motion to Dismiss

51 Response to 42

55 Response to 33

Feds Owe Duty to Account to Individual Osage Headright Owners

January 5, 2016Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

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

1262 Fletcher Brief on the Merits

1266 Federal Response Brief on the Merits

1274 Fletcher Reply

Briefs in Oklahoma Eagle Feather Graduation Case

December 17, 2015December 17, 2015Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here are the materials in Griffith v. Caney Valley Public Schools (N.D. Okla.):

32 Motion to Dismiss

39 Brief of the State of Oklahoma As Amicus Curiae

Federal Suit against Osage Wind LLC Fails

October 2, 2015Matthew L.M. Fletcher1 Comment

Here are the materials in United States v. Osage Wind LLC (N.D. Okla.):

24 US Motion for Partial Summary J

26 Osage Wind Motion for Summary J

Complaint here.

The previous tribal suit against Osage Wind is here.

Doe v. Pruitt, Another (Fourth) Federal ICWA Case Filed (N.D. Okla)

August 24, 2015August 23, 2015Kate Fort1 Comment

Here is the complaint.

This case mirrors the ongoing Doe v. Jesson case (where Mille Lacs defeated the preliminary injunction, and we are currently waiting for a decision on summary judgment). Filed after we wrote the ICWA Legal Defense memo discussing the other three ongoing cases, this case involves a voluntary adoption, the Oklahoma state ICWA, and Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. The arguments involve right to privacy, and due process and equal protection concerns.

United States v. Mustang Wind Co. Complaint

August 18, 2015Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in United States v. Mustang Wind Co. (N.D. Okla.):

An excerpt:

In this civil action, the United States seeks a preliminary and a permanent injunction and a declaratory judgment that the ongoing excavation activities of Mustang Run Wind Project, LLC, Tradewind Energy, Inc., Enel Kansas, LLC, and Enel Green Power North America, Inc. (collectively “Defendants”) in Osage County, Oklahoma, are unlawful and must be suspended until Defendants have obtained all requisite federal regulatory approvals and have entered into appropriate leases approved by the Secretary of the Interior (“the Secretary”).

Oklahoma v. Hobia Cert Stage Briefing Complete

July 31, 2015Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Petition for a Writ of Certiorari

Lower court materials here.

Hobia Cert Opposition Brief

July 15, 2015Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Cert petition here.