NECKLACE v. TRIBAL COURT OF THREE AFFILIATED TRIBES, ETC.

No. 76-1911.

554 F.2d 845 (1977)

Margorie NECKLACE, Appellant, v. The TRIBAL COURT OF the THREE AFFILIATED TRIBES OF the FORT BERTHOLD RESERVATION, and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 15, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O. Holm, North Dakota Legal Services, New Town, N. D., on brief for appellant.

Ronald A. Reichert, Dickinson, N. D., on brief for appellees.

Before MATTHES, Senior Circuit Judge, and LAY and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Margorie Necklace appeals from the district court's dismissal of her habeas corpus petition, brought pursuant to the Indian Civil Rights Act, 25 U.S.C. § 1303. Necklace, a member of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation (TAT), is confined in the North Dakota State Hospital at Jamestown pursuant to an involuntary commitment order of the Tribal Court issued April 14, 1972.1 She commenced this habeas...

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