Brief for Barbara L. Creel and the Tribal Defender Network, US v. Bryant

Authors

Barbara L. Creel, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow
John LaVelle, University of New Mexico - School of LawFollow

Document Type

Brief

Publication Date

3-14-2016

Abstract

Although Congress intended to protect women in Indian Country from domestic abuse, they condoned the use of prior “uncounseled” tribal court convictions to charge and convict an Indian as a federal habitual domestic violence offender.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who wrote Bryant, denigrates Indian people’s civil rights, citing the need to protect Native women from domestic violence. But Department of Justice statistics show most domestic violence perpetrators in Indian country are non-Indians, and the Bryant decision leaves intact their constitutional rights, including the right to appointed counsel.

Publisher

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Counsel Press

Issue

Docket Number 15,420

First Page

1

Last Page

38

Keywords

Amicus Curiae

Recommended Citation

Barbara L. Creel & John LaVelle, Brief for Barbara L. Creel and the Tribal Defender Network, US v. Bryant, 1 (2016).
Available at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/law_facultyscholarship/710

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