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Nooksack Interim Council Ratifies Past Acts

April 2, 2018Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are new materials filed in Rabang v. Kelly (W.D. Wash.):

3-15-18 Nooksack Tribal Council Resolution No. 18-15 Ratication of Appointment of Chief Judge Ray Dodge

3-15-18 Nooksack Tribal Council Resolution No. 18-16 Ratication of Appointment of Milt Rowland Foster Pepper

3-15-18 Nooksack Tribal Council Resolution No. 18-18 Ratication of Resolutions Adopted Since March 24 2016

152 3-30-18 Declaration of Connie Sue Martin in Support of Motion for Indicative Ruling

Update in Nooksack RICO Suit

March 29, 2018April 11, 2018Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the new materials in Rabang v. Kelly (W.D. Wash.):

03-20-18 Letter From Bob Kelly and Notice of Involuntary Disenrollement

144 3-15-18 Kelly Defendants’ Motion for Indicative Ruling Regarding Dismissal

146 3-15-18 Defendant Chief Judge Ray Dodge’s Notice of Joinder of Kelly Defendants’ Motion for Indicative Ruling

147 3-26-18 Plaintiffs’ Response in Opposition to Defendants’ Motion for Indicative Ruling Regarding Dismissal

UPDATE (4/11/18) — motion denied

4-11-18 Order Denying Defendants’ Rule 62.1 Motion For Indicative Ruling Regarding Dismissal

Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, Suquamish Tribe, and Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe Sue Opioid Pushers

March 21, 2018March 21, 2018Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here is the complaint in Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe v. Purdue Pharma LP (W.D. Wash.):

180305 – WD Wash Tribal Opioid Complaint (Final)

Federal Court Denies Reconsideration of Restoration of Swinomish Claims in BNSF Dispute

March 19, 2018Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the new materials in Swinomish Indian Tribal Community v BNSF Railway Company (W.D. Wash.):

88 Motion for Reconsideration

91 Swinomish Response

Prior posts here.

Federal Dismisses Alleged Whistleblower Complaint against US re: Former Sauk-Suiattle Employee, Allows 30 Days to Refile on Free Speech Claims

March 5, 2018Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Dahlstrom v. United States (W.D. Wash.):

38 US Motion to Dismiss

Prior post here.

Federal Court Stays Nooksack RICO Case Pending DOI Election Investigation

January 29, 2018Sarah M Donnelly

Here is the order in the matter of Rabang et al v. Kelly et al, 17-cv-00088 (W.D. Wash.):

Doc. 140 – Order

At plaintiff’s request, the court has extended a stay of the proceedings until April 30, 2018. It is awaiting the BIA’s final determination regarding the validity of the Nooksack’s 2017 general election.

Nooksack Federal Status Report: BIA Questions 126 Special Election Ballots

January 23, 2018Sarah M Donnelly

Here are the materials in the matter of Rabang et al v. Kelly et al, 17-cv-00088 (W. Wash.):

Link: Case archive

Update in Comenout Litigation II

December 18, 2017December 18, 2017Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are updated materials in Comenout v. Pittman (formerly Comenout v. Pierce County Superior Court) (W.D. Wash.):

70 DCT order dismissing complaint

77 DCT order granting motion to file amended complaint

103 state official motion to dismiss

Prior posts here.

Federal Court Dismisses Foreclosure Action against Tulalip Tribes & Tribal Member

December 14, 2017December 14, 2017Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Here are the materials in Wilmington Savings Fund Society v. Fryberg (W.D. Wash.):

15 Tulalip motion to dismiss

Indian Civil Rights Complaint Against Wash. State School District

December 4, 2017Sarah M Donnelly

Here is the complaint in the matter of Youckton v. Mary M. Knight School District, et al., 17-cv-05939 (W.D. Wash.):

Doc. 1 – Complaint

A Nisqually tribal member who was beaten enough to have his jaw wired shut after his basketball game at the district’s high school is suing for failure to prevent the racially motivated attack.