NYGAARD v. TAYLOR

No. 22-2277.

78 F.4th 995 (2023)

Aarin NYGAARD, Petitioner-Appellant Terrance Stanley, Petitioner v. Tricia TAYLOR; Ted Taylor, Jr.; Jessica Ducheneaux; Ed Ducheneaux; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court; Brenda D. Claymore, in her official capacity as Chief Judge, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court of Appeals, Respondents-Appellees Frank Pommersheim, in his official capacity as Chief Justice, Respondent The South Dakota Department of Social Services; Todd Waldo, in his official capacity as social worker; Jenny Farlee, in her official capacity as social worker; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court of Appeals; Franklin Ducheneaux, Acting Chief Justice of Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court of Appeals in his official capacity, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 15, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument and also appeared on brief on behalf of the appellant was Stacy R. Hegge , of Pierre, SD.

Counsel who presented argument and appeared on brief on behalf of the appellees was Steven Joseph Gunn , of Saint Louis, MO.

Before COLLOTON, BENTON, and KELLY, Circuit Judges.


Aarin Nygaard filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the District of South Dakota challenging the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Court's exercise of jurisdiction in a custody matter involving his minor daughter, C.S.N. Nygaard claimed that the Tribal Court's refusal to recognize and enforce North Dakota state-court orders...

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