Swimming Turtle v. Board of County Commissioners

MEMORANDUM

GRANT, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Swimming Turtle, a/k/a Oliver Godfrey, brought the above entitled action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1337, 1343, 1353, and 25 U.S.C. § 345, and seeks, by his complaint, to recover taxes which he alleges were wrongfully assessed and collected on Indian land; a declaration of plaintiff’s rights with respect to the taxability of his land; and an order enjoining officials of Miami County and Butler Township from further attempts to assess and collect taxes on plaintiff’s land.

Plaintiff asserts that he is the great-grandson of Francis Godfrey,…