Curtis Killman

Tulsa World Reporter

An attorney representing Gov. Kevin Stitt’s brother expressed disappointment Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review an Oklahoma court ruling, which held that the city of Tulsa could cite Keith Stitt for traffic violations despite him being a member of a federally recognized tribe and the violation occurring within the Muscogee Nation reservation.

“Today’s denial of certiorari in Stitt v. City of Tulsa is a profound disappointment for every American Indian in Oklahoma who now faces the threat of unlawful state prosecutions in Indian country,” attorney Brett Chapman said in a statement after the ruling.

Chapman said the city of Tulsa, by dropping its case against Stitt and transferring it to tribal court prior to Monday's ruling, missed

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