August 10, 2015
A self-identified Ute Indian Tribe member claiming the state cannot prosecute him for a traffic offense does not legally qualify as a Native American and committed the alleged violation outside tribal lands, a Utah federal judge ruled Friday.
August 04, 2015
A Utah county on Monday denied that it has openly defied a scathing Tenth Circuit decision by illegally prosecuting Ute Indian Tribe members for on-reservation offenses, pushing back against the tribe's bid for sanctions.
July 20, 2015
The Ute Indian Tribe on Friday urged a federal judge to sanction the state of Utah and one of its counties for allegedly continuing to prosecute tribe members for on-reservation traffic offenses despite a scathing decision from the Tenth Circuit that blasted them for doing so.
May 06, 2015
The Ute Indian Tribe objected Tuesday in Utah federal court to a town's proposed order to certify its dismissal from a suit over the allegedly illegal prosecution of tribal members, arguing that the town's "pro forma" draft order doesn't justify its determinations.
April 13, 2015
The city of Myton, Utah, again urged a federal judge Friday to strike a "seemingly endless" string of motions from the Ute Indian Tribe to reconsider his decision dismissing claims against the city for allegedly illegal prosecutions of tribal members, saying its arguments are untimely and unpersuasive.
March 25, 2015
The Ute Indian Tribe on Tuesday again urged a Utah federal judge to reconsider the dismissal of claims against the city of Myton over allegedly illegal prosecutions against tribal members and the jurisdictional boundaries of its Uintah-Ouray Indian Reservation.