Sara Dees v. San Diego County, California
DueProcess FirstAmendment FourthAmendment Privacy
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 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