May 13, 2026
An Indigenous activist is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to deny a federal government petition that looks to overturn a Tenth Circuit decision that said he can't be convicted of simple assault under the Major Crimes Act, telling the justices that the government's "bizarre" arguments flout the law's plain text.
November 10, 2025
The Tenth Circuit denied a government petition on Friday to hold an en banc rehearing over a circuit panel's decision in June to overturn a Muscogee (Creek) Nation member's simple assault conviction.
October 27, 2025
A Muscogee (Creek) Nation member is asking the Tenth Circuit to deny a full-panel rehearing bid by the federal government that looks to undo the appellate court's decision to overturn his simple assault conviction, arguing that prosecutors cannot get past exceptions to the Major Crimes Act.
September 15, 2025
Prosecutors have asked the entire Tenth Circuit to reconsider whether a Native American activist could be convicted in federal court on a charge of simple assault in a case originally involving more serious charges, after a panel overturned the conviction by holding district courts lack jurisdiction over these lesser charges.