GOMES v. WOOD

No. 04-4197.

451 F.3d 1122 (2006)

Shauna GOMES; Domingos Gomes; and Rebekah Gomes, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Deborah A. WOOD; Megan Annes; Kerri Ketterer; and Tess Blackmer, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 27, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven C. Russell, Affordable Legal Advocates, P.C., Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

J. Clifford Peterson, Office of the Attorney General (Brent A. Burnett, Peggy E. Stone, and Peter L. Rognlie, Assistant Attorneys General, and Mark L. Shurtleff, Attorney General, on the brief), Salt Lake City, UT, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HENRY, McKAY, and TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judges.


HENRY, Circuit Judge.

On April 30, 2000, Megan Annes, a child protection caseworker with the Utah Division of Child and Family Services, removed nine-month-old Rebekah Gomes from Rebekah's home and placed her in protective custody. Ms. Annes's decision was based on a four-inch linear skull fracture that Rebekah's treating physician had reported to Child and Family Services four days earlier. In September 2000, the Division of Child and Family Services found that protective...

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