SHERRARD v. OWENS

No. 80-1102.

644 F.2d 542 (1981)

Wayne SHERRARD and Janet Sherrard, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Donald S. OWENS, Judge of Probate Court, Ingham County; Michigan Department of Social Services, Family & Children Services of The Capitol Area; Lucille Barber, Individually and as an employee; Barbara McLean, employee; Timothy G. Holland, Attorney, Individually and as Guardian for Candace and Vernita Smith, Minors, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed March 18, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald M. Stevens, Owosso, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellants.

George M. Brookover, Foster, Swift, Collins & Coey, John F. Fuzak, Warner, Hart, Morgan, Fuzak & Williams, Lansing, Mich., Timothy G. Holland, Guardian ad Litem, Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., Janis Meija, Erica Weiss, Thomas L. Casey, Asst. Attys. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for defendants-appellees.

Before WEICK, LIVELY and ENGEL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The plaintiffs appeal from summary judgment in favor of the defendants in this action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983, 1985 and 1988 seeking a declaratory judgment, preliminary and permanent injunctions and money damages. In their complaint the plaintiffs alleged that the defendants, state officers, employees and agencies, had deprived them of a constitutionally protected "liberty" interest without due process of law. The liberty interest...

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