Sablan v. Iginoef

HILLBLOM,

Concurring:

I join.in the majority's statement of the procedural posture of this case. The manner of taking an appeal from our decision to the Ninth Circuit Court of . Appeals raises an issue of first impression. The nature of the relationship between the United States and the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI) and in particular the relationship between the NMI and federal courts is involved. I would begin my discussion by noting that there is no rule of the NMI Supreme Court delating to the manner and timing of taking appeals from this Court to the Ninth Circuit.7 Likewise, I find no…