Joseph WATLEY, Karin Hasemann, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, Joette Katz, Vannessa Dorantes, Commissioner of the Department of Children and Families, Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued: December 7, 2020.
Decided: March 22, 2021.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
DAN BARRETT , ACLU Foundation of Connecticut ( Elana Bildner , on the brief), Hartford, CT, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Joseph Watley and Karin Hasemann.
JANE R. ROSENBERG , Assistant Attorney General ( Alayna Stone , Assistant Attorney General, Clare Kindall , Solicitor General, on the brief) for William Tong , Attorney General of the State of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, for Defendants-Appellees Department of Children and Families, Joette Katz, and Vannessa Dorantes.
Audra J. Soloway , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP ( Robert N. Kravitz , on the brief), New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Brooklyn Defender Services, Bronx Defenders, Center for Family Representation, Connecticut Division of Public Defender Services, Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center, Disability Rights Advocates, Legal Assistance of Western New York, Sarah H. Lorr, Neighborhood Defender Services, New York University School of Law Family Defense Clinic, Office of Monroe County Public Defender, Robyn M. Powell, and the Vermont Parent Representation Center in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellants Joseph Watley and Karin Hasemann.
Before: POOLER, PARKER, and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.
POOLER, Circuit Judge:
This case involves a serious and complicated eleven-year history of child custody disputes in Connecticut state courts. Karin Hasemann and Joseph Watley appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut's (Robert N. Chatigny, J.) dismissal of their claims alleging that Connecticut's Department of Children...
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