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AUSTIN v. BOREL

No. 86-4762.

830 F.2d 1356 (1987)

Karen Kelly AUSTIN, Individually and as Natural Tutrix of Minors, Renee Chevelle Henry and Raenell Lynn Henry, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ronald BOREL and Janenne Trahan, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 21, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecilia A. Bonin, St. Martinville, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Wm. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., T. Michael Landrum, Asst. Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, JOHNSON, and HILL, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 21, 1987.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal requires us to determine whether Louisiana child protection workers are entitled to absolute rather than qualified immunity for their conduct in filing an allegedly false verified complaint seeking the removal of two children from the custody of their parents. Given the function of a verified complaint under Louisiana law...

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