No. 24-6570

Andrew Jeffery Helmin v. Yuemin Xu

Lower Court: Minnesota
Docketed: 2025-02-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: child-custody constitutional-law due-process equal-protection icwa-principles native-american-rights
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2025-06-05 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Minnesota courts violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses by prioritizing Respondent's cultural background while disregarding Petitioner's Native American heritage in child custody determinations?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Did the Minnesota courts violate the Fourteenth Amendment ’s Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses by prioritizing Respondent ’s cultural background while disregarding Petitioner ’s Native American heritage in child custody determinations? 2. Did the District Court improperly compel Petitioner to comply with foreign (Chinese) laws, thereby infringing constitutional parental rights under U.S. law? 3. Did the Minnesota courts fail to properly apply ICWA principles, which require consideration of Native American cultural heritage in custodial decisions?

Docket Entries

2025-06-06
Rehearing DENIED.
2025-05-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/5/2025.
2025-05-13
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2025-04-21
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
2025-02-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 17, 2025)

Attorneys

Andrew Jeffery Helmin
Andrew Jeffery Helmin — Petitioner
Andrew Jeffery Helmin — Petitioner