tribal court exhaustion doctrine

Oklahoma Federal Court Dismisses Choctaw Inmates’ Claims against State Actors

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the opinion in Bayles v. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (E.D. Okla.):

61 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Prior post addressing claims against the tribe is here.

Oklahoma Federal Court Dismisses Choctaw Inmates’ Request for Federal Court to Assume Control over Tribal Justice System

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are materials in Bayles v. Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (E.D. Okla.):

2 Habeas Petition.pdfDownload
10 Motion for TRO.pdfDownload
15 Amended Petition.pdfDownload
24 Choctaw Opposition to Motion for TRO.pdfDownload
28 County Opposition to Motion for TRO.pdfDownload
31 Motion to Amend Petition.pdfDownload
32 Choctaw Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
37 Choctaw Opposition to Motion to Amend.pdfDownload
38 County Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
39 County Response to Motion to Amend.pdfDownload
47 Reply ISO Motion to Amend.pdfDownload
48 Reply ISO Motion for Injunction.pdfDownload
52 County Reply.pdfDownload
57 DCT Order.pdfDownload

North Dakota Federal Court Declines to Stay ERISA Claims against Standing Rock while Tribal Court Case on Parallel Claims Proceeds

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the new materials in Meilstrup v. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (D. N.D.):

31 Motion to Stay.pdfDownload
31-1 Tribal Answer + Counterclaims.pdfDownload
32 Response.pdfDownload
34 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Prior post here.

New Mexico Federal Court Orders Rule 19 Dismissal of Suit + Exhaustion of Tribal Remedies in Child Custody Dispute

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Mundo v. Vandever (D.N.M.):

4 Amended Complaint.pdfDownload
24 Navajo Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
35 Mundo Opposition to 24.pdfDownload
37 Navajo Reply ISO 24.pdfDownload
68 DCT Order.pdfDownload

North Dakota Federal Court Holds ERISA Abrogates Tribal Immunity re: Non-Governmental Plans, Preempts Tribal Jurisdiction, but Holds Former Tribal Employee Consented to Tribal Court Jurisdiction for Common Law Claims

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Meilstrup v. Standing Rock Sioux Tribe (D. N.D.):

1 Complaint.pdfDownload
5 Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
10 Opposition.pdfDownload
15 Reply.pdfDownload
16 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Kekek Stark on Tribal Court Exhaustion

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Kekek Jason Stark has published “Tribal Court Jurisdiction and the Exhausting Nature of Federal Court Interference” in the University of Cincinnati Law Review. PDF

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Montana Federal Court Orders Stay in Blackfeet Trespass Case, Orders Eagle Bear to Put Up $1M Bond

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the new materials in Eagle Bear Inc. v. Blackfeet Indian Nation (D. Mont.):

140 Motion for Stay.pdfDownload
142 Tribe Opposition.pdfDownload
143 DCT Order on Stay and Bond.pdfDownload

Prior post here.

Montana Federal Court Confirms Cancellation of Eagle Bear Lease

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Eagle Bear Inc. v. Blackfeet Indian Nation (D. Mont.)

118 Eagle Bear Supplemental Brief.pdfDownload
119 Blackfeet Supplemental Brief.pdfDownload
120 BIA Supplemental Brief.pdfDownload
136 DCT Order.pdfDownload

Prior post here.

Materials on Eagle Bear’s bankruptcy proceedings are here.

Early Materials in Law Firm Dispute with Skull Valley Goshute

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials so far in Sichenzia Ross Ference LLP v. Skull Valley Band of Goshute Indians of Utah (S.D. N.Y.):

1 Complaint.pdfDownload
7 Motion for Injunction.pdfDownload
22 Motion to Dismiss.pdfDownload
23 Response to Motion for Injunction.pdfDownload
25 Reply.pdfDownload
28 DCT Order Denying Injunction.pdfDownload

Idaho Federal Court Remands Contract Action to Tribal Court

Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the order in Shoshone-Bannock Tribes v. Vanir Construction Management Inc. (D. Idaho):

21 Magistrate Order.pdfDownload

Briefs here.