The Crow Nation led dozens of Tribal amici curiae in support of the United States petition for certiorari in the United States Supreme Court. W A I V E R . Phone:406.477.3896 Saylor also noticed two semiautomatic rifles lying on the front seat. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. father. Fearing violence, Saylor ordered Cooley out of the truck and conducted a patdown search. The NIWRCs brief in support of reversal highlighted the fact that significant portions of many reservations across the United States consist of non-Indian fee lands, and the Ninth Circuit was incorrect to characterize the checkerboard nature of reservations as unique or particular to the western United States and the Crow Reservation. filed. In support of this motion, espondent R supplies the following information: 1. Late one night Officer James Saylor of the Crow Police Department approached a truck parked on United States Highway 212, a public right-of-way within the Crow Reservation in the State of Montana. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Tribal police officers have the authority to detain temporarily and to search non-Indian persons traveling on public rights-of-way running through a reservation for potential violations of state or federal law. Cooley was taken to the Crow Police Department for further questioning and subsequently indicted by a federal grand jury on drug and gun offenses. digest from follow.it by We held that it could not. Photos. Brief of respondent Joshua James Cooley in opposition filed. Lame Deer, MT 59043 (Distributed), Brief amicus curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed. Notably, the family of Kaysera Stops Pretty Places, an 18-year-old Crow citizen murdered in Big Horn County, Montana in August of 2019, also signed onto the NIWRCs brief. Saylor noticed that Cooley had watery, bloodshot eyes and appeared to be non-native. App. The statutory and regulatory provisions to which Cooley refers do not easily fit the present circumstances. Henkel said the tribal officer would have the authority to detain in that instance because it would have clearly relied on information obtained from U.S. law enforcement and would have only required a positive identification. The attorney contrasted that situation with what actually happened: a tribal officer first conducted a welfare stop and then proceeded to conduct a full blown criminal investigation which included forcing his client out of a vehicle at gunpoint.. filed. 515 Lame Deer Ave. Brief amici curiae of Former United States Attorneys filed. In addition, recognizing a tribal officers authority to investigate potential violations of state or federal laws that apply to non-Indians whether outside a reservation or on a public right-of-way within the reservation protects public safety without implicating the concerns about applying tribal laws to non-Indians noted in the Courts prior cases. The second requirement introduces a new standard into search and seizure law and creates a problem of interpretation that will arise frequently given the prevalence of non-Indians in Indian reservations. as Amici Curiae 1920 (noting that more than 70% of residents on several reservations are non-Indian). However, the where andthe who are of profound import. 9th Circuit. Alito, J., filed a concurring opinion. SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Managed by: matthew john benn: Last Updated: March 12, 2015 Tribal police officers have authority to detain temporarily and to search non-Indian persons traveling on public rights-of-way running through a reservation for potential violations of state or federal law; they are not required to first determine whether a suspect is non-Indian and, if so, to temporarily detain a non-Indian only for apparent legal violations. brother. See Oliphant v. Suquamish Tribe, The Government appealed. 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JusticeClarence Thomas altered the fact scenario and asked Henkel if a tribal officer has the authority to detain a non-Indian who fit the description of a known serial killer. Breyer, J., delivered the, Heidepriem, Purtell, Siegel & Hinrichs, LLP, Party name: Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, and the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, Federal Public Defender, District of Arizona, Party name: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Party name: The Ninth Circuit Federal Public and Community Defenders, Party name: Citizens Equal Rights Foundation, Party name: Former United States Attorneys, Party name: National Indigenous Women's Resource Center, Patterson Earnhart Real Bird & Wilson LLP, Party name: Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation, Party name: Indian Law Scholars and Professors, Party name: National Congress of American Indians and Other Tribal Organizations, Party name: Current and Former Members of Congress. The 9th Circuit decision is now being reviewed by the Supreme Court. Similarly, we recognized in Duro that [w]here jurisdiction to try and punish an offender rests outside the tribe, tribal officers may exercise their power to detain the offender and transport him to the proper authorities. 495 U.S., at 697. Henkel settled on a version of a standard reached by the Ninth Circuit which he phrased as an active breach of the peace.. First, we said that a tribe may regulate, through taxation, licensing, or other means, the activities of nonmembers who enter consensual relationships with the tribe or its members, through commercial dealing, contracts, leases, or other arrangements. Ibid. (Due October 15, 2020). Amicus brief of Citizens Equal Rights Foundation not accepted for filing. The driver relayed a story about having pulled over to rest. Picking up on Thomass questionsregarding heinous crimes, Alito later pressed Henkel on a slippery slope argument that questioned what the standard should be for if and when an Indian tribal officer has any authority to intervene against a non-Indian whatsoever. Justice Stephen Breyer gave little away during his questioning of the government attorney but appeared skeptical of Henkels position. We believe this statement of law governs here. At the same time, because most of those who live on Indian reservations are non-Indians, this problem of interpretation could arise frequently. (Corrected brief submitted - March 22, 2021), Brief amicus curiae of Citizens Equal Rights Foundation filed. Waiver of the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed. 1a-21a) is reported at 919 F.3d 1 The ord135.er of the court of appeals denying pan el rehear ing and rehear- . 37. Genealogy for Joshua Cooley (1798 - 1880) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. 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Brief of respondent Joshua James Cooley in opposition filed. ), Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the District Courts evidence- suppression determination. Brief amici curiae of National Congress of American Indians and Other Tribal Organizations filed. Tribal governments are not bound by the Fourth Amendment. The first requirement, even if limited to asking a single question, would produce an incentive to lie. Argued March 23, 2021Decided June 1, 2021. Waiver of the 14-day waiting period under Rule 15.5 filed. The officer stopped to see if assistance was needed, but the truck had heavily tinted windows and the driver did not respond clearly. We are not convinced by this argument. Contact NIWRC Saylor was directed to seize all contraband in plain view, leading Saylor to discover more methamphetamine. filed. The NIWRC argued that ultimately the Ninth Circuits decision would impede the policy goals Congress has issued in combating violence against Native women, and Native women and girls would suffer as a result. SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including August 24, 2020. According to the new standard now articulated by the Ninth Circuit, until or unless tribal law enforcement witness an obvious or apparent violation of state or federal law, tribal law enforcement remains without the requisite authority to briefly stop and conduct a limited investigation of a non-Indian when there is reasonable suspicion they have committed a crime. The District Court agreed with Cooleys argument and found it is unreasonable for a Tribal police officer to seize a non-Indian suspect on a public right of way that crosses the reservation unless there is an apparent state or federal law violation. Even though the officer observed that Cooleys eyes were bloodshot and watery, and two firearms were in plain view in his truck, the District Court concluded that none of these factors individually, or cumulatively, were enough to constitute an obvious state or federal law violation, and therefore the Tribal officer had no authority to seize the contraband. Cooleys reply brief notes the respondents problem with that approach [emphasis in original]: [T]he government is misinterpreting Duro and Strate by inserting words that do not exist. Brief amici curiae of Current and Former Members of Congress filed. State v. Schmuck, 121 Wash. 2d 373, 390, 850 P.2d 1332, 1341 (en banc) (recognizing that a limited tribal power to stop and detain alleged offenders in no way confers an unlimited authority to regulate the right of the public to travel on the Reservations roads), cert.