Release From Jail Moots Tribal Member’s Bid For Federal Habeas Relief

Mealey's (April 10, 2019, 12:31 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — An Indian convict’s federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus is moot because he has already been released from prison after having served his challenged sentence for a probation violation, a Washington federal judge ruled April 8 in dismissing the petition at the recommendation of a magistrate judge (Tyrone Grant Brisbois v. Tulalip Tribal Court, et al., No. 2:18-cv-01677, W.D. Wash., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60318)....