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MATTHEWS v. BERGDORF

No. 16-5168.

889 F.3d 1136 (2018)

Rachel MATTHEWS; Christy Wright, as next friend and appointed guardian of JM a/k/a KM, CM, EM, SP, AP, NP, GM, and MS, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Kila BERGDORF; Ronald Moon; Vinnie Harmon; Karen Quinn; Karen Feather; Matthew Budder; Beth Pannell; Mary Nofire; Kristin Tanner; Juanita Giwa; Niecie Lewis; Kathleen Keaney; Ladonna Sims; Becky Dewey; Carol Schraad-Dahn; Ann Marie Shrum; Joan Hughes, Defendants-Appellants, and State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma Department of Human Services, an agency of the State of Oklahoma; Wilkie Sanders; Jerry Matthews; Diedre Matthews; John Doe; Jane Doe, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED May 8, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emily B. Fagan ( John K. F. Langford with her on the brief), Assistant General Counsel, Department of Human Services, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Defendants-Appellants.

Connor L. Helms ( Gary R. Underwood , Erin M. Moore , and Tiffany K. Peterson with him on the brief), Helms & Underwood, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before TYMKOVICH, Chief Judge, BALDOCK, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

In 2006, the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (ODHS) recognized Jerry and Deidre Matthews as "adoptive parents" of the year for Northeast Oklahoma. But how quickly things changed. After years of reported abuse and neglect, the Delaware County District Court in April 2014 placed all nine children living in the Matthews...

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