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J.B. v. WASHINGTON COUNTY

No. 95-4197.

127 F.3d 919 (1997)

J.B., individually, and for her minor child, L.B., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WASHINGTON COUNTY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

October 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Hilton, Matthew Hilton, P.C., Participating Attorney for Rutherford Institute, Inc., Springville, UT, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Richard A. Van Wagoner (with Allan L. Larson on the briefs), Snow, Christensen & Martineau, Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before KELLY, McWILLIAMS, and HENRY, Circuit Judges.

HENRY, Circuit Judge.

In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, plaintiff J.B., individually and for her minor child L.B., alleges that defendant, Washington County, violated J.B.'s and L.B.'s constitutional rights when County employees, acting under the authority of an ex parte order, seized L.B. for approximately eighteen hours. The purpose of this seizure was to obtain an interview with the child outside her parents' presence to investigate a report that the...

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