Cert Petition in In re Beaulieu: Chance for SCT to Clarify PL280 Confusion in Minnesota and Wisconsin

Here:

In re Beaulieu Cert Petition

Here are the questions presented:

1. Does Public Law 280 (18 U.S.C. § 1162 and 28 U.S.C. (1360) give the State of Wisconsin jurisdiction to involuntarily civilly commit a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe who is a legal resident of his tribal reservation under Minnesota’s Commitment and Treatment Act (Minn. Stat. Ch. 253B?)

2. Was Minnesota’s involuntary civil commitment of Beaulieu contrary to, and/or an unreasonable application of this Court’s clearly established law limiting Public Law 280′s grant of civil jurisdiction to private civil matters?

Lower court decision here.