JOHNSON v. RODRIGUES

No. 01-4156.

293 F.3d 1196 (2002)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Robert Collins of Collins & Collins, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Karra J. Porter (Barton H. Kunz II with her on the brief) of Christensen & Jensen, P.C., Salt Lake City, UT, for Adoption Center of Choice Defendant-Appellee.

Phillip E. Lowry of Howard, Lewis & Petersen, Provo, UT, for sealed Defendants-Appellees.

Before TACHA, Chief Judge, ALDISERT, and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.


ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Victor Johnson of Arizona, putative father of a child born out of wedlock and subsequently adopted by a married couple, filed a complaint in the district court against the biological mother, the adoptive parents and The Adoption Center of Choice. He contended that the Utah Adoption Statute, as applied to him, violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. UTAH CODE ANN. &...

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