JOHNSON v. RODRIGUES (OROZCO)

No. 99-4127.

226 F.3d 1103 (2000)

Victor JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Monica RODRIGUES (OROZCO); Sealed Defendant-98-550-1; Sealed Defendant-98-550-2; Adoption Center of Choice, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing October 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Robert Collins, Phoenix, Arizona for Appellant.

Constance K. Lundberg, Brigham Young University Law School, Provo, Utah, and Karra J. Porter, Christensen & Jensen, P.C., Salt Lake City, Utah, (G. Murray Snow, Osborn Maledon, P.A., Phoenix, Arizona, and Jay E. Jensen, Christensen & Jensen, P.C., Salt Lake City, Utah, with them on the brief) for Appellees.

Before TACHA, HOLLOWAY and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.


As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc October 12, 2000.

HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Victor Johnson (Plaintiff) brought this action under federal question jurisdiction and as a diversity case, seeking declaratory relief and citing 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1332(a)(1) and the declaratory judgment act. He asserted that Utah's adoption statutes unconstitutionally denied him—the purported father of a child whose adoption had...

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