John Doe and Ann Smith Doe v. Jane Doe, on Behalf of Her Son, Jack Doe

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• holding that the district court erred in exercising jurisdiction over a federal habeas claim filed to litigate custody of the plaintiff’s minor son
• finding that “federal courts must be alert to keep genuinely domestic matters such as ‘child custody,’ out of the federal courts”
• reasoning that while jurisdiction arguably may exist because the case was brought under the federal habeas statute, “the district court clearly erred by exercising any jurisdiction it might have had” in what was essentially a child custody dispute
• reasoning that while jurisdiction arguably may exist because the case was brought under the federal habeas statute, “the district court clearly erred by exercising any jurisdiction it might have had” in what was essentially a child custody dispute
• “in this, a purely custodial case between private parties . . . the federal courts do not intervene”
• “in this, a purely custodial case between private parties . . . the federal courts do not intervene”

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