Tenth Circuit

New Mexico Federal Court Determines that Winters Applies to Santa Ana Pueblo Water Rights Claim . . . Or something like that

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the new materials in United States v. Abouselman (D.N.M.):

4475 Pueblo of Santa Ana Brief.pdfDownload
4476 US Brief.pdfDownload
4485 New Mexico Brief.pdfDownload
4489 US Reply.pdfDownload
4490 Pueblo Reply.pdfDownload
4506 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Prior post here.

A view of ABQ, unrelated to this case.

Tenth Circuit Affirms Indian Country DV Conviction [COVID Zoom Trial]

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in United States v. Veneno.

Briefs:

Opening Brief.pdfDownload
US Brief.pdfDownload
Reply.pdfDownload

Split Tenth Circuit Vacates Major Crimes Act Murder Conviction and Orders New Trial on Self-Defense

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in United States v. Britt.

Briefs:

Britt Brief

US brief

Reply

Tenth Circuit Denies Certificate of Appealability to Prisoner Attempting to Invoke McGirt Jurisdictional Defense

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Williams v. Harpe:

Application for Certificate of Appealability

CA10 Order

Split Tenth Circuit Panel Affirms Sanctions Award Against Ute Tribe

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in Becker v. Ute Indian Tribe.

Lower court materials here.

Tenth Circuit Briefs in Wichita and Affiliated Tribes v. Stitt

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Appellant Brief.pdfDownload
Appellee Brief.pdfDownload

Reply TK

Lower court materials here.

Tenth Circuit Affirms Post-McGirt Federal Conviction Where Jury Might Could Have Acquitted Defendant Under Oklahoma Self-Defense Law

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in United States v. Budder.

Briefs:

Opening Brief.pdfDownload
Government Brief.pdfDownload
Reply.pdfDownload

City of Tulsa v Hooper Stay Application Materials

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here:

Application For Stay.pdfDownload
Hooper Response to Stay.pdfDownload
MCN Amici Hooper Amici Stay Opp.pdfDownload
Reply to Stay .pdfDownload
Kavanaugh Statement.pdfDownload

Lower court materials here.

Tenth Circuit Affirms Interior Decision on Wyandotte Lands in Kansas

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in State of Kansas ex rel. Kobach v. Dep’t of the Interior.

Briefs here.

Tenth Circuit Decides Hooper v. City of Tulsa . . . Hooper 7, Tulsa 0

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Hooper v. City of Tulsa.

Briefs here and here.

Substitute Hooper for Haley and Oklahoma for United States.