KOVACIC v. CUYAHOGA CNTY. DEP'T OF CHILDREN & FAM.

No. 08-4656.

606 F.3d 301 (2010)

Nancy KOVACIC; Katherine Kovacic, a minor, by and through her Mother, Nancy Kovacic, her guardian and legal custodial parent; Daniel Kovacic, a minor, by and through his Mother, Nancy Kovacic, his guardian and custodial parent, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CUYAHOGA COUNTY DEP'T OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES; Cuyahoga County, Ohio; Patricia Campbell Ponstingle; Pam Cameron; Vikki Csornok; Pam Gaylord, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 26, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kenneth D. Myers, Law Offices, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellants. Steven W. Ritz, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Kenneth D. Myers, Law Offices, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellants. Shawn M. Mallamad, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellees.

Before: MERRITT, COOK, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

I.

Plaintiff, Nancy Kovacic, brought this action on behalf of herself and her minor children claiming that their constitutional rights were violated when social workers from the Cuyahoga Department of Children and Family Services, aided by several North Olmsted police officers, entered her home by force and removed her two children, Daniel and Katherine. The children were placed in the temporary custody of the County...

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