Smith v. Haliburton
Opinion of the Court
Louis Ellen Bluestone Smith sought a writ of mandamus in the United States District Court for the District of Minneso
The district court dismissed Smith’s action, holding she had not exhausted her administrative remedies pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 704 (1976). At the time of the district court’s ruling, and at the time this case was argued on appeal, there remained pending before an administrative law judge (ALJ) a petition to probate the assets of Gofas’ estate. In the probate action, Smith filed an exception to the failure to include the disputed 10-acre tract as a trust asset subject to probate. These matters are still pending before the ALJ. Although Smith asserts that further exhaustion of the administrative remedies would be futile, we find that this is not conclusively shown. We affirm the district court’s dismissal for the reasons set forth in its opinion.
Affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 14.
. The Honorable Diana E. Murphy presiding.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Louise Ellen Bluestone SMITH v. William G. HALIBURTON, Acting Field Representative and Officer-in-Charge, Minnesota Sioux Area Field Office, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and his predecessor, Richard L. McLaughlin the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and George Crooks, Allen Prescott and Robert Prescott
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