Legal Opinion
Jeffredo v. MacArro
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 22, 2009No. 08-55037PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
The Pechanga Band of the Luiseño Mission Indians (“Pechanga Tribe”) disenroll-ed a number of its members (“Appellants”) for failing to prove their lineal descent as members of the Tribe. Federal courts generally lack jurisdiction to consider any appeal from the decision of an Indian tribe to disenroll one of its members. See Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez, 436 U.S. 49, 72 n. 32, 98 S.Ct. 1670, 56 L.Ed.2d 106 (1978). Appellants, therefore, brought this petition for habeas corpus under 25 U.S.C. § 1303 of the Indian Civil Rights Act (“ICRA”), claiming their…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Duncan v. WalkerSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Santa Clara Pueblo v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Hensley v. Municipal Court, San Jose-Milpitas Judicial Dist., Santa Clara Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Valenzuela v. SilversmithCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2012
- Jeffredo v. MacArroCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
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- Jeffredo v. MacArroCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009