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BOOZER v. WILDER

No. 03-35722.

381 F.3d 931 (2004)

Robert D. BOOZER, for himself and as father and best friend of their minor child KWB, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Darlene WILDER, Colville Confederated Tribal Member; Ian Wilder, Colville Confederated Tribal Member; Colville Conferated Tribes, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 27, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert R. Fischer, Spokane, WA, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas W. Christie, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Nespelem, WA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before B. FLETCHER, HAMILTON, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Robert D. Boozer ("Boozer") appeals the district court's dismissal of his complaint challenging the Colville Tribe's ("Tribe") jurisdiction to decide a custody dispute over his daughter, K.W.B. The district court dismissed the complaint for failure to exhaust tribal court remedies. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

K.W.B. was born in February 1994 to Boozer and Mawe We...

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