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MULLINS v. STATE OF OR.

No. 94-35777.

57 F.3d 789 (1995)

Loraine MULLINS; Charles Mullins, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE OF OREGON; Oregon Children's Services Division; Kay Dean Toran, Administrator; Mary Acklin, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Linick, Gary Carl & Associates, Eugene, OR, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Katherine H. Waldo, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, OR, for defendants-appellees.

Before: HALL, O'SCANNLAIN, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.

CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether biological connection, standing alone, gives a grandmother a constitutionally protected liberty interest in the adoption of her grandchildren. We conclude that it does not and affirm the district court's dismissal of this case.

I.

This case concerns the lives of two Oregon children. Loraine and Charles Mullins, both Washington residents, wish to adopt the two children. Loraine Mullins is...

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