8th Circuit Vacates Relief To Tribes In Row Over South Dakota Child Services

Mealey's (September 18, 2018, 11:17 AM EDT) -- ST. PAUL, Minn. — A federal court was wrong to issue declarations and injunctive relief in support of Native American tribes and mothers facing emergency removal of children in South Dakota because it should have abstained and allowed the state courts to adjudicate the claims, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Sept. 14 in a published opinion (Oglala Sioux Tribe, et al. v. Lisa Fleming, et al., Nos. 17-1135, 17-1136, 17-1137, 8th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 26054)....