No. 20-1005

Sara Dees v. San Diego County, California

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-01-26
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 42-usc-1983 child-seizure civil-rights due-process family-law fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment liberty-interest parental-rights section-1983
Key Terms:
DueProcess FirstAmendment FourthAmendment Privacy
Latest Conference: 2021-02-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is a parent's Fourteenth Amendment liberty interest in the care, custody, control, and management of their child violated when government authorities seize and interview the child at school in violation of the child's Fourth Amendment rights?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Is it necessary, in order to prove a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of the Fourteenth Amendment concerning a parent’s liberty interest in the care, custody, control, and management of her child, for the plaintiff to prove that she lost custody of that child? More specifically: Do government authorities violate a parent’s Fourteenth Amendment liberty interest in the care, custody, control, and management of their children when they seize and interview a child at school in violation of the child’s Fourth Amendment rights? PARTIES TO PROCEEDING AND RELATED CASES The names of all

Docket Entries

2021-03-01
Petition DENIED.
2021-02-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/26/2021.
2021-02-03
Waiver of right of respondent County of San Diego to respond filed.
2021-01-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 25, 2021)

Attorneys

County of San Diego
Jeffrey Patrick MichalowskiOffice of County Counsel, County of San Diego, Respondent
Sara Dees
Donnie R. CoxLaw Offices of Donnie R. Cox, Petitioner