25 U.S.C. § 1303
Section 1303 · Habeas corpus
This is § 203 of the Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968
Amended 1 time on record
Applied in 110 court decisions — leading case Poodry v. Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians (1996)
Most recently applied in Aarin Nygaard v. Tricia Taylor (August 2023)
Applied most in the Ninth Circuit Circuit (32 decisions)
Cases citing this section usually also cite 25 U.S.C. § 1302 · 25 U.S.C. § 1301 · 28 U.S.C. § 1331
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall be available to any person, in a court of the United States, to test the legality of his detention by order of an Indian tribe.