LaBeau v. Dakota

OPINION

QUIST, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Bernice LaBeau, is the grandmother of a child, Mark LaBeau, who was adjudicated dependant by Judge Bradley Dakota of the Keweena Bay Indian Community Tribal Court and sent to a foster home. Mrs. LaBeau filed a Complaint against Judge Dakota objecting to the placement of the child and claiming that the Tribal Court lacks jurisdiction because neither she nor the child is Indian. She has also moved for appointment of counsel. Defendant Dakota has moved to dismiss the Complaint on grounds of insufficiency of pleadings, failure to exhaust tribal remedies,…