--- Am. Tribal Law ----, 2025 WL 3216131 (Fort Peck C.A.)
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Fort Peck Court of Appeals.

Kayden Midas Lambert, Appellant
v.
Fort Peck Tribes, Appellee

CAUSE NO. AP # 900
|
November 17, 2025

Appeal from the Fort Peck Tribal Court, Chief Judge Stacie Fourstar, Presiding.

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL

Erin Shanley, Chief Justice

BACKGROUND

¶ 1 This matter comes before the Fort Peck Court of Appeals (FPCOA) on an appeal filed August 20, 2025, from the Tribal Court’s Order to Release from Custody based on an Extradition Judgment entered authorizing the Northern Cheyenne Criminal Investigator to take custody of the Appellant and remove him from the Fort Peck Reservation. Appellant submits that he did not waive his rights to be extradited from the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.

¶ 2 In this matter, the Tribes submitted a Notice of Intent to Extradite and Request for Warrant based on information submitted to the Tribe that Appellant had an outstanding warrant from the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. The Tribal Code provides that an authorized agent of such demanding jurisdiction may request a fugitive from justice be held for extradition by producing a copy of the indictment or complaint and a warrant from the demanding jurisdiction. In this matter, the Northern Cheyenne Tribe’s criminal investigator provided such information. 3 CCOJ Sec. 401-402. Chapter 4, Extradition provides the requirements for issuing a warrant, apprehending the fugitive, holding an extradition hearing, and the evidence required to issue an order of Extradition. It appears that the Tribes complied with applicable law regarding Extradition and Appellant does not submit his appeal based on any illegal procedures with the process. Appellant merely indicates that he did not waive his right to be extradited from the Fort Peck Reservation. The Tribal Code, however, provides that:

If the accused Indian waives in writing the right to a hearing, or if the issues defined in Section 405 hereof are resolved against the accused Indian, the Tribal Court shall enter a judgment authorizing the demanding jurisdiction to arrest and remove the accused Indian from the Reservation

3 CCOJ 406.

¶ 3 Therefore, if the Tribal Court found all of the factors defined in Section 405 were met by the Tribes, the Tribal Court must enter an Extradition Judgment allowing the individual to be released to the demanding jurisdiction. It appears that standard was met here and the Appellant has already been removed from the Fort Peck Indian Reservation by the Northern Cheyenne Tribe.

¶4 THEREF0RE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this appeal is DISMISSED because no legal error was submitted on appeal and the issue is now moot.

SO ORDERED this 17th day of November 2025.

FORT PECK COURT OF APPEALS

B.J. Jones, Associate Justice

James Grijalva, Associate Justice

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