ASHLEY W. v. HOLCOMB

No. 21-3028.

34 F.4th 588 (2022)

ASHLEY W., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Eric HOLCOMB, Governor of Indiana, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 16, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristen Leigh Bokhan , Attorney, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Washington, DC, Aaron H. Marks , Attorney, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY, Marcia Robinson Lowry , Attorney, A Better Childhood, Inc., New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

John Robert Maley , Peter J. Rusthoven , Dylan Alexander Pittman , Attorneys, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Indianapolis, IN, Julia Catherine Payne, Esq. , Attorney, Thomas M. Fisher , Melinda R. Holmes , Attorneys, Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellants.

David R. Carpenter , Attorney, Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Amicus Curiae Nonprofit Child Advocacy Organizations.

Before Easterbrook, Wood, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


Like Nicole K. v. Stigdon, 990 F.3d 534 (7th Cir. 2021), this case entails challenges to aspects of Indiana's system for resolving child-welfare matters, which the state calls CHINS (for Children in Need of Services). When the state's Department of Child Services identifies a situation...

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