HARTLEY-NAGLE v. STATE

C.A. No. 1599-K.

887 A.2d 477 (2005)

Karen M. HARTLEY-NAGLE and Michael R. Dore, Plaintiffs, v. STATE of Delaware, Family Court of Delaware Handlee Johnson Kuhn, as Chief Judge of the Delaware Family Court, Robert B. Coonin, Mark D. Buckworth, William L. Chapman, Jr., Jay H. Conner, Arlene Minus Coppadge, Barbara D. Crowell, Michael K. Newell, Aida Waserstein, William N. Nicholas, William J. Walls, Jr., Mardi F. Pyott, John E. Henriksen, Peter B. Jones, Kenneth M. Millman, as Judges of the Delaware Family Court, Defendants.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided: December 27, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald G. Poliquin, Esquire, Young, Malmberg, & Howard, Dover, Delaware, Attorney for Plaintiffs.

Aaron R. Goldstein, Esquire, Marc P. Niedzelski, Esquire, and Patricia A. Dailey Lewis, Esquire, Department of Justice, State of Delaware, Attorneys for Defendants.


OPINION

STRINE, Vice Chancellor.

This case involves a very unusual request. The plaintiffs, Karen M. Hartley-Nagle and Michael R. Dore, have sued the Family Court of this State and all the judges of that court ("Family Court Defendants").1 In their complaint, the plaintiffs allege that on August 24, 2005 they attempted to attend a "Dependency/Neglect hearing at the Kent County Family Court"2 and ...

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