TILLETT v. LUJAN

No. 90-6088.

931 F.2d 636 (1991)

Alinda TILLETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Manuel LUJAN, Jr., as the United States Secretary of the Interior; Clem E. Cearley, Superintendent U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Anadarko Agency; Walter Mills, Anadarko Area Director, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs; Phil Dupoint, also known as Joe Fish, alleged Vice Chairman of the Kiowa Tribe; Philip Lujan, Chief Magistrate of the Code of Federal Regulations BIA Court of Indian Offenses, for the Anadarko, Oklahoma Area, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alinda Tillett, pro se.

Richard B. Stewart, Asst. Atty. Gen., Timothy D. Leonard, U.S. Atty., M. Kent Anderson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okl., Edward J. Shawaker and Dirk D. Snel, Attorneys, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Alan Woodcock, Office of the Regional Solicitor, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Tulsa, Okl., of counsel) for defendants-appellees.

Before LOGAN, MOORE, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.


LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Alinda Tillett appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendant federal officials and Kiowa Tribe members and dismissal of her action "to allow adjudication in the appropriate forum, the Court of Indian Offenses." Tillett v. Hodel, 730 F.Supp. 381, 384 (W.D.Okla.1990). We affirm.1

This action arose out of a suit commenced in the Court...

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