Legal Opinion
Boozer v. Wilder
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 27, 2004No. 03-35722PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Robert D. Boozer (“Boozer”) appeals the district court’s dismissal of his complaint challenging the Colville Tribe’s (“Tribe”) jurisdiction to decide a custody dispute over his daughter, K.W.B. The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to exhaust tribal court remedies. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
K.W.B. was born in February 1994 to Boozer and Mawe We-Ta-Lo Wilder-Boozer (“Wilder-Boozer”). K.W.B. is a member of the Colville Tribe, as was her mother until her death; Boozer is non-Indian. Boozer and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Santa Clara Pueblo v. MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. HolyfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by17 opinions
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