WHISMAN v. RINEHART

No. 95-4056.

119 F.3d 1303 (1997)

Joel WHISMAN, a minor, through his next friend Michelle Whisman; Michelle Whisman; Michael Whisman; Lynn Whisman, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Chuck RINEHART, in his individual capacity as Chief Deputy Juvenile Officer of the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri; Marla Pursley, in her individual capacity as social worker for the Lawrence County Office of the Missouri Division of Family Services; Ruth Cox, in her individual capacity and officially as social worker supervisor of the Lawrence County Office of the Missouri Division of Family services; Alfred Blair, in his individual capacity and officially as County Director of the Lawrence County Office of the Missouri Division of Family Services; Bill Jines, in his individual capacity and officially as Chief Juvenile Officer of the Thirty-ninth Judicial Circuit of the State of Missouri, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary S. Hack, Jefferson City, MO, argued (Keith J. Grady, on the brief), for defendants-appellant.

Robert M. Sweere, Springfield, MO, argued, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before ARNOLD, Chief Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge, and KORNMANN, District Judge.


KORNMANN, District Judge.

Rinehart, Pursley, Cox, Blair, and Jines appeal the district court's1 denial of their motion to dismiss this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Whismans filed this action against defendants, juvenile officers and social workers, claiming that defendants violated plaintiffs' constitutional rights of familial association, denying plaintiffs due process of law. Defendants filed a motion to dismiss, contending that plaintiffs...

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