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Oklahoma v. Robert Taylor Bragg

Paid petition · Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma, No. F-2017-1028 · judgment October 14, 2021

GVR'd · June 30, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

  1. Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in Indian country.

  2. Whether McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S.Ct. 2452 (2020), should be overruled.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Mithun Mansinghani
Solicitor General

For respondent
Joseph T. Thai

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Amicus briefs
1 cert-stage

Proceedings

  1. Aug 01 2022
    JUDGMENT ISSUED
  2. Aug 01 2022
    MANDATE ISSUED
  3. Jun 30 2022
    Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, 597 U. S. ___ (2022).
  4. Jun 29 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/29/2022.
  5. Apr 06 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022.
  6. Mar 21 2022
    Brief of respondent Robert Taylor Bragg in opposition filed.
    Main DocumentCertificate of Word CountProof of Service
  7. Feb 04 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 21, 2022.
  8. Feb 03 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 17, 2022 to March 21, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
    Main DocumentProof of Service
  9. Jan 20 2022
    Brief amicus curiae of Cherokee Nation filed.
    Main DocumentProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
  10. Jan 12 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 17, 2022)
    PetitionAppendixCertificate of Word CountProof of Service