CHRISSY F. BY MEDLEY v. MS DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

No. 92-7002.

995 F.2d 595 (1993)

CHRISSY F., By Her Next Friend and Guardian Ad Litem Donna MEDLEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. MS DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE, et al., Defendants, MS Dept. of Public Welfare, Thomas H. Brittain, Jr., Individually and as Commissioner of the MS Dept. of Public Welfare, Marion County Welfare Department, Hancock County Welfare Department, Sharon Whitt, Individually and as Supervisor of Marion County Welfare Department, Angela Lacy, Individually and as Caseworker for Marion County Welfare Department, Phillip Broadhead and Fred Cooper, Defendants-Cross-Appellees, Sebe Dale, Jr., Individually and as Chancellor for the Tenth Chancery Court District of MS and Garland Upton, Individually and in his capacity as Referee of the Marion County Youth Court, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Steel, Robert G. Jenkins, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., Mike Moore, Atty. Gen., Jackson, MS, for defendants.

Sheila Brogna, Children's Law Offices, Daniel S. Mason, Furth, Fahrner, & Mason, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DAVIS and JONES, Circuit Judges, and PARKER.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 9, 1993.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

This case comes to us on appeal for the third time. It involves allegations that defendants violated a minor's constitutional rights in Youth Court and Chancery Court proceedings in Mississippi. After trial, the district court refused to grant relief on claims made against all but two of the defendants. These two defendants, a Mississippi...

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