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Oklahoma v. Shaynna Lauren Sims

Paid petition · Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma, No. F-2017-635 · judgment October 7, 2021

GVR'd · October 3, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 2% 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. If the answer to the first question is no, whether a state has authority to prosecute a nonIndian for a crime committed in Indian country when the crime does not directly harm the person or property of an Indian.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Mithun Mansinghani
Solicitor General

For respondent
Cindy Brown Danner
Oklahoma Indigent Defense System

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Linked docket
21A275

Proceedings

  1. Nov 04 2022
    Judgment and mandate issued.
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  2. Oct 03 2022
    Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
  3. Oct 03 2022
    Petition GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, 597 U. S. ___ (2022).
  4. Jun 15 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
  5. Jun 01 2022
    Brief of respondent Shaynna Lauren Sims in opposition filed.
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  6. Jun 01 2022
    Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Shaynna Lauren Sims.
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  7. Apr 25 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 1, 2022.
  8. Apr 22 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 2, 2022 to June 1, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
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  9. Mar 31 2022
    Response Requested. (Due May 2, 2022)
  10. Mar 29 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
  11. Feb 04 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 10, 2022)
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  12. Jan 04 2022
    Application (21A275) granted by Justice Gorsuch extending the time to file until February 4, 2022.
  13. Dec 21 2021
    Application (21A275) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 5, 2022 to February 4, 2022, submitted to Justice Gorsuch.
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