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Cherokee Nation moves to intervene in federal suits over criminal jurisdiction after state court decisions
Summary
The Cherokee Nations attorneys office told the Rules Committee the Nation intervened in consolidated federal litigation challenging state prosecutorsclaims of jurisdiction over crimes by nonmembers on tribal land; the U.S. has supported Cherokee Nations intervention and the Nation is preparing responses to motions to dismiss.
Chad Harsha, from the Cherokee Nation Office of the Attorney General, told the Rules Committee on March 27 that the Nation moved to intervene in a federal civil action brought by the United States that challenges actions by two Oklahoma district attorneys.
Harsha said the United States filed a civil action against District Attorney Matt Ballard in the Northern District of Oklahoma and District Attorney Carol Iskey in the Eastern District of Oklahoma, and that Cherokee Nation moved to intervene to represent its…
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