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SANDERS v. ROBINSON

No. 87-4192.

864 F.2d 630 (1988)

Richard B. SANDERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John ROBINSON, individually and as Tribal Judge of the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Court, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, at Lame Deer, Montana, Defendants-Appellees, and Laura Lonebear, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 30, 1988.

Amended December 8, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Sanders, Nester, Cal., pro se.

D. Michael Eakin, Montana Legal Services Ass'n, Billings, Mont., for defendant/intervenor/appellee.

Calvin L. Wilson, Lame Deer, Mont., for defendants/appellees.

Before FLETCHER, BOOCHEVER, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.

FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Richard B. Sanders and defendant-intervenor Laura Lonebear were married in Montana. They resided on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation. Lonebear is a member of the Northern Cheyenne tribe; Sanders is a non-Indian. The couple has three children, who are members of the tribe. In 1982, Lonebear filed an action for divorce in the Northern Cheyenne Tribal Court. Sanders was served with process, and appeared in the tribal court for...

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