MILCHTEIN v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY

No. 21-2955.

42 F.4th 814 (2022)

Alexander MILCHTEIN and Ester Riva Milchtein, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MILWAUKEE COUNTY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 2, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bopp, Jr., Esq. , Jeffrey P. Gallant , Attorneys, Bopp Law Firm, PC, Terre Haute, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Samuel C. Hall, Jr. , Zachary J. Flood , Attorneys, Crivello Carlson, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, for Defendants-Appellees Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County Department of Health and Human Services, Kelly Pethke, Mark Mertens, Sara Woitel.

Brian Patrick Keenan , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Wisconsin Department of Justice, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellee Eloise Anderson.

Jason J. Franckowiak , Attorney, Otjen, Gendelman, Zitzer, Johnson & Weir, S.C., Waukesha, WI, for Defendant-Appellee Children's Hospital and Health System, Inc.

Maria DelPizzo Sanders , Attorney, von Briesen & ROPER, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellee Bella's Group Home, LLC.

Before Sykes, Chief Judge, and Kirsch and Jackson-Akiwumi, Circuit Judges.


Alexander and Ester Riva Milchtein live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and have 15 children. The family has a long history of encounters with child-welfare authorities. At different points over the last decade, three daughters—C.M., S.M., and D.M.— were removed from the Milchteins' custody and placed in group homes and...

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