United States Ninth Circuit

In a habeas petition challenging petitioner's conviction of criminal child abuse in the tribal court for the Yerington Paiute Tribe, the denial of the petition is affirmed where Indian status, although a requirement for tribal jurisdiction, was not an element of the crime charged.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/09/2010
• Decided 05/07/2010
• Published 05/07/2010

Judges

• Before: ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, DAVID R. THOMPSON and M. MARGARET McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael K. Powell, Reno, NV, for the petitioner/appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mitchell C. Wright, Reno, NV, for the respondent/appellee.