BURTON v. RICHMOND

No. 01-1323.

276 F.3d 973 (2002)

Heather BURTON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Patricia RICHMOND, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 11, 2002.

Corrected January 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel E. Anderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, argued, for appellants.

Daniel N. McPherson, Jefferson City, MO, argued (Winfred O. Nickens, on the brief), for appellees.

Before: LOKEN and FAGG, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE, District Judge.


BOGUE, District Judge.

The Defendants, six social workers from the Missouri Division of Family Services ("DFS") appeal from the district court's denial of their motion to dismiss based upon qualified immunity. The Defendants have argued that no clear constitutional right existed at the relevant time to protect the Plaintiffs' liberty interests. For the following reasons, we affirm the decision of the district court.

While they were children, the Plaintiffs...

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